Docker desktop runs a Hyper-V VM. Prior to that, Docker used a Virtualbox VM on Windows. The current plan seems to be to integrate with WSL2 once that ships [1]

Docker desktop runs a Hyper-V VM. Prior to that, Docker used a Virtualbox VM on Windows. The current plan seems to be to integrate with WSL2 once that ships [1]. [1] https://engineering.docker.com/2019/06/docker-hearts-wsl-2/ https://engineering.docker.com/2019/06/docker-hearts-wsl-2/