I've been trying to get into Linux lately, and while experimenting with different distros on VirtualBox, I've come across it being a a 'type 2' hypervisor. Now, after a quick search, it became clear what type 1 and type 2 hypervisors are, but my question is, what is the point of using a type 2 hypervisor instead for directly installing the OS?
Everything I had come across seems to focus on comparisons between Type 1 vs Type 2, rather than telling why use Type 1 instead of a direct OS installations.