Hi there! I have a dinky work laptop and a more powerful work desktop, both running Windows 11 because our IT department is deathly afraid of Linux. But they did allow me to run a Ubuntu Linux instance on the desktop under WSL. The Linux instance is running the ssh server, and the Windows Firewall is set to forward the ssh connection to WSL.
This works okay. I log into the desktop, start WSL, and then run Positron on my laptop and connect to the desktop WSL instance. But I can't run in true headless mode this way, because the desktop reboots for updates from time to time, requiring me to log back in and restart WSL. The extra monitor, mouse, and keyboard for the desktop take up a lot of real estate at my desk.
Is there a way I can configure this Windows 11 + WSL desktop so I can run things headlessly? It would be easy to do with Linux if only IT department could be more flexible. But that's not gonna happen.