Windows Admins Need To Prepare For GUI-Less Server

msmoriarty writes "We knew Windows Server 8 was going to be a departure for Microsoft, including an 'optional' GUI, but in a blog post made earlier this week, the Windows Server team said that working without the GUI will be the 'recommended' method, and is telling developers not to assume a GUI will be present. According to Windows consultant and author Don Jones, this is a big hint to Windows admins that they better get used to not having a GUI in future releases. From the article: 'I'm well aware that many Windows admins out there aren't looking forward to a GUI-less server operating system from Microsoft. ... I'm sure Microsoft has, too.They're proceeding anyway. We have two choices: adapt or die.'"

Comments

Re:It would be good to have optional GUI

[somersault]

You have no idea what you're talking about.

I'm just waiting to see the reactions from guys who are always saying how Windows is better than Linux because everything is GUI based. This is pretty hilarious..

Re:It would be good to have optional GUI

[antitithenai]

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Care to elaborate or are you just trolling? I have many Windows-based servers that only run GUI programs. I have a quite bad connection so I can't run those at home, and I also like to close my laptop when I'm not working. I also know hundreds of people with the same kind of setup.

Also, you haven't needed to use GUI for everything. PowerShell is really powerful shell for Windows, even more powerful than you have on Linux, as it passes objects between commands and programs, not just text.

Re:It would be good to have optional GUI

[Anonymous Coward]

It's "administered", not "administrated", you fucking subliterate.