VMware installation
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mrmajik45
VMware installation
Is there a way I can have VMware on my PC? Because VirtualBox crashes my PC
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sammiev
Re: VMware installation
Used VMware for a few years without issues.
Been away from it for a year or so now as I have enough test computers to run without having to use a VM.
Tried most of the different VM software and found for my needs VMware (free) ran the best.
Been away from it for a year or so now as I have enough test computers to run without having to use a VM.
Tried most of the different VM software and found for my needs VMware (free) ran the best.
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happnatious1
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Re: VMware installation
I installed VMware Workstation on my Linux Mint by going to the VMware site and downloading the Linux installer
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lewone
Re: VMware installation
I have been running VMWARE for decades and on top of Linux Mint for the past five.
They have two products at this time: VMWorkstation and VMPlayer (Version 14.x)
VMWorkstation Allows to to run multiple machines and access their Enterprise Products
VMPlayer (aka VMware® Workstation 14 Player) is the same basic software but you can only run a single virtual machine at a time
VMPlayer is FREE .. VMWorkstation is a commercial product (i.e. you have to pay for it)
I did try VirtualBox before my last rebuild (October). I had nothing but problems out of it on Linux Mint 18.
I have been running VMPlayer 14.0.0 build-6661328 since November w/o any problem until this month. Apparently the newest Kernels in Linux Mint break the memory allocation VMware uses. Now I have to reboot between every session which is a real pain in the most southern region. The latest version of Vmware (14.1.1 build-7528167) fixes this problem.
HOW:
Download "VMware-Player-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle" from https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/fre ... layer/14_0
Save it to someplace on your machine
Modify the permissions to "Allow executing file as program" (it is a bash script)
open a terminal session
cd to that location Enter the command "sudo ./VMware-Player-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle"
Follow the prompts ...
They have two products at this time: VMWorkstation and VMPlayer (Version 14.x)
VMWorkstation Allows to to run multiple machines and access their Enterprise Products
VMPlayer (aka VMware® Workstation 14 Player) is the same basic software but you can only run a single virtual machine at a time
VMPlayer is FREE .. VMWorkstation is a commercial product (i.e. you have to pay for it)
I did try VirtualBox before my last rebuild (October). I had nothing but problems out of it on Linux Mint 18.
I have been running VMPlayer 14.0.0 build-6661328 since November w/o any problem until this month. Apparently the newest Kernels in Linux Mint break the memory allocation VMware uses. Now I have to reboot between every session which is a real pain in the most southern region. The latest version of Vmware (14.1.1 build-7528167) fixes this problem.
HOW:
Download "VMware-Player-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle" from https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/fre ... layer/14_0
Save it to someplace on your machine
Modify the permissions to "Allow executing file as program" (it is a bash script)
open a terminal session
cd to that location Enter the command "sudo ./VMware-Player-14.1.1-7528167.x86_64.bundle"
Follow the prompts ...