/vr/ - Retro Games

I'm wondering if /vr/ can help a retard with my autistic goal. I have a somewhat old x64 PC (2010-ish) with a CRT monitor running Windows 7. My idea was to turn it into a multi system emulation station for old PCs in a similar way I have my Raspberry Pi setup for old consoles with RetroPie. I was thinking to have the PC emulate multiple PC systems and OSs such as Windows 98, OS/2, Amiga, Atari ST, etc. that I could use as if they were native machines. I'm planning on running software beyond games for these emulated machines so I'm seeking something that's less boxed in than Emulation Station, instead have some sort of minimalist Linux Distro that would boot straight into a emulation menu to select the system I want to virtually boot.

My wishlist of items with the PC is this
1. the emulation/virtualization can use the CRT display properly (no borderless fullscreen, 480p looks native as well as swapping between resolutions with ease)
2. can transfer files between my new systems and this PC. Most likely via SFTP like how I use my RetroPie, bonus for virtualization software to mount the computers physical drive rather than keeping it to virtual drives
3. has a minimalist interface for swapping between emulated systems, i'm not really looking to use the host OS for much outside of moving files and emulation configuration.

This way I can cut down on Windows 7 hogging the computers resources and disk space to power the emulation as well as make the emulation feel more immersive. Like a bare metal DOSBOX. I was considering a MiSTer for this task but afaik it barely gets up to Pentium speeds and ideally l'd like to game up to Win98 SE - WinXP. Plus i'd save me from getting rid of this old PC. Would this be doable with Linux or should I stick with Windows 7?

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