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> At this point I'm wondering if it is worth trying to build my own desktop on top of Windows Server Core. Oh, I'm not the only one thinking this then! That's
by mattowen_uk 5y ago
> At this point I'm wondering if it is worth trying to build my own desktop on top of Windows Server Core.
Oh, I'm not the only one thinking this then! That's good to know. For years I've been tinkering at the edges of this by having my own app launcher, and my own desktop widgets, and an explorer style start menu navigation app.
All I need is to hook into the systray (although, do I need that? it's just a distraction), and put together a good/fast app switcher app, and I could ditch explorer.exe and the startmenu app completely.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoHonestly I'm surprised I haven't yet stumbled across a community of people doing this. If I had to guess, there's probably a stumbling block that makes it unsuitable for a lot of desktop use cases that I'm not aware of.
- pacifika 5y agoIt used to be the case that directx 9 wouldn’t install, and several software would detect the server is and refuse.
- userbinator 5y agoThere are various (mostly non-English) communities making weird chimeric combinations of XP/Vista/7-era OS mods, more recently guided by the leaked source; I don't think they're interested in doing anything legal, but also seem to not be interested in post-Win8 either.
- selfhoster11 5y agoI'm pretty sure Retrobar will work with the systray, that is if you're into the classic Windows taskbar experience.