With WSL 1 there is no Linux involved, it’s a Windows subsystem to handle Linux system calls with the NT kernel. I sort of get the name in that regard. WSL 2 i

With WSL 1 there is no Linux involved, it’s a Windows subsystem to handle Linux system calls with the NT kernel. I sort of get the name in that regard. WSL 2 is just a tightly integrated VM running a real Linux kernel, and the name makes no sense there.