In WSL2, Windows uses Hyper-V to run a VM. But Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor, so it runs on bare metal, not as a service within a regular Operating system. So

In WSL2, Windows uses Hyper-V to run a VM. But Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor, so it runs on bare metal, not as a service within a regular Operating system. So when you use WSL2, both Windows and Linux are running as virtual machines, under Hyper-V.