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Re: Nano11 cuts Windows 11 down to size, grabbing just 2.8 GB of disk space

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Post by NKosmatos » Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 9:01 PM UTC

dartharva wrote: post #17

Notable that the whole project is being run by a single Romanian student.

NTDEV has helped many with his efforts of creating tiny versions of Windows. This is the case for other solo developers/maintainers of useful programs. Unfortunately big companies don’t seem to care, imagine what would happen if all these talented people got some funding from big corporations.

Re: Nano11 cuts Windows 11 down to size, grabbing just 2.8 GB of disk space

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Post by iAMkenough » Thu, Sep 11, 2025, 9:43 PM UTC

aquir wrote: post #15

Any idea if I can run the script on MacOS? Would be nice to use it for Parallels as a small server VM...

You can through Parallels. Download Windows 11 ISO, install it in Parallels, provide file access to the ISO, run the script, copy the tinyISO somewhere, delete your Parallels VM then create a new VM with the tinyISO.

Re: Nano11 cuts Windows 11 down to size, grabbing just 2.8 GB of disk space

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Post by aquir » Fri, Sep 12, 2025, 7:44 AM UTC

iAMkenough wrote: post #22

aquir wrote: post #15

Any idea if I can run the script on MacOS? Would be nice to use it for Parallels as a small server VM...

You can through Parallels. Download Windows 11 ISO, install it in Parallels, provide file access to the ISO, run the script, copy the tinyISO somewhere, delete your Parallels VM then create a new VM with the tinyISO.

Yes, makes sense...duh!