Post #3374252
2026-06-14 11:49 UTC
Sure ! But… How !? I don’t have even the first idea how you’d host… Almost anything on Windows 😅 and I would be concerned by the power consumption of any non-minimalist OS.
Replies (4)
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@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2026-06-14 12:06
My ESXi box draws 20 watts at idle with 3 Windows VMs and 3 Linux VMs. Guess which of those VMs draws the most power (hint: it’s not Windows). Power draw depends on more than the base OS, what it does matters so much more. Which is why my one Linux VM draws the most power - it gets used for some intense tasks with ffmpeg. Interestingly, I’ve found little power draw difference using ffmpeg on Windows or Linux. Both will max CPU while converting and take a similar amount of time.
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@fonix232@fedia.io 2026-06-14 11:52
Windows Server exists. It really shouldn't, but it does.
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@Egonallanon@feddit.uk 2026-06-14 12:06
Hyper-v server can get pretty damn lightwieght as it ships without a GUI
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@tux7350@lemmy.world 2026-06-14 12:13
Docker for desktop will also let you run a lot of services