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Can one boot the latest Windows server versions in a text mode and get something similar? (And probably more compatible as well?)
by etaioinshrdlu 5y ago
Can one boot the latest Windows server versions in a text mode and get something similar? (And probably more compatible as well?)
- mattowen_uk 5y agoBy default, Microsoft now pitch Windows Server as 'GUI-less', with an option to install it with the added 'desktop experience' if you need a GUI. The GUI-less version used to be 'Server Core' but that name has been dropped now it's the default option. It's not really text mode though; you get a floating PowerShell window on a plain wallpaper after login. From there it's all PowerShell commands to configure and manage the server (or you do it remotely via the Server Manager GUI). Some limited built in tools work locally with their GUIs, but not many due to missing .NET framework components and Shell (aka desktop) hooks.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoIsh. Problem is it is neither as text only as Nano Server nor as well supporter as Windows Server: Without Desktop Experience, there's only a handful of server roles a Windows Server can do. Only some Microsoft server roles work without desktop, and almost no third party ones do.