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Re: Fun with Nano Server

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Post by DHowett » Mon, Oct 25, 2021, 5:58 PM UTC

DHowett wrote: post #16

Trivia time! The windows console host (conhost) provides the “UI” for nano server. Even on desktop Windows, it’s built with support for running without a window manager. The rendering engine is named “wddmcon” and it lives in our repository at [1]; it’s pretty much the most barebones console renderer we have. Reverse video and most color support were obviously[2] never implemented… even though I would have liked to s…

Ah! I've been informed that the console host and renderer that support Nano Server (10.0.14393 or so) are quite unlike the version I'm familiar with.

Nano Server uses bgfxcon exclusively, as well as some magic in a "console keyboard driver" that I didn't know we had.

Re: Fun with Nano Server

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Post by desktopninja » Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 5:59 PM UTC

api wrote: post #17

If Microsoft released a "Windows 11 No Bullshit Edition" with like 1/100th the telemetry, no un-uninstallable bundled software, no ads, no spyware, and no dark patterns to herd you into cloud login, I'd pay extra for it and it might cause me to take another look at X64 laptops with Ryzen chips in them instead of my M1 Mac. As it stands Linux desktops have too many issues and Windows is loaded with crap, so I am stuck…

That would probably be Windows 11 LTSC ... Like Windows 10 LTSC ... If only MS would make this version available to Prosumers!

Re: Fun with Nano Server

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Post by creshal » Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 11:17 AM UTC

sebazzz wrote: post #19

pjmlp wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can do everything via Powershell, or remote Web UI, and Nano Server or Server Core are the ones to go to. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowsconta... Naturally on Azure, how the server looks like is meaningless when using AppService, AKS or Azure Functions.

Server Core or Hyper-V Server still contains quite some GUI dependencies. Things like task manager, Notepad (different between versions), and a basic file picker for applications. A floating console window appears and even wallpapers applied via SysInternals are supported. A good thing too, because the driver installation tools from Dell for instance depend on these.

> A good thing too, because the driver installation tools from Dell for instance depend on these.

…on task manager, or on the wallpaper API? With how eccentric Dell drivers can be I feel like I have to ask.