re: An OS is an OS is an OS

Computer Guy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 01:28:12 GMT

Good point, then on the other end you have Cisco claiming IOS is an OS. To which they are correct, but the average user now thinks and OS as a GUI filled application. I was wondering what it is that you install on the VM if not an OS? How can I install Oracle, or DB2, or SQL.

A mini-operating systems. Ok so not the death of the OS just a mini-os, would that be an OS without the GUI? Humm, does Windows 2008 come headless? What I mean by that is with out a GUI, would this be the mini-os he talks of?

"Server Core" provides an installation of Windows Server 2008 without a graphical user interface (GUI) or the ability to run applications. The crowd is roaring on this one because we can finally install Windows server without a bloated GUI. The following subset of services can run on Server Core:

Windows Server virtualization (WSv)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server

Domain Name System (DNS) server

File server

Active Directory Directory Services (AD DS)

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

Windows Media Services

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