When you run a type-1 hypervisor, the only thing running on the metal is the hypervisor. This is what happens in the case of WSL 2; both Linux and Windows (the

When you run a type-1 hypervisor, the only thing running on the metal is the hypervisor. This is what happens in the case of WSL 2; both Linux and Windows (the host OS) run in very (very) lightweight VMs.