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VMware Linux

Linux is one of the fully supported platforms for VMware. This means it can be either a host or a guest OS. VMware Workstation is one of the leading desktop virtualization solutions in the HW virtualization space.

VMware Workstation for Linux

Please follow this link to download VMware Workstation for Linux: Linux – VMware Workstation.

UPDATE 02/2019: VMware Workstation 15 Pro is the current version available for both Windows and Linux.

As of this moment, the latest VMware Workstation is 6.0.2, with the following support for Linux OS:

VMware Linux – experimental support in VMware Workstation:

  • 32-bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit openSUSE Linux 10.3 as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Turbolinux 10 Server as a guest operating system

VMware Linux – full support in VMware Workstation:

  • 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 7.04 as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu Linux 6.10 as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 (formerly called 4.0 Update 5) as host and guest operating systems
  • 32-bit and 64-bit FreeBSD 6.2 as a guest operating system
  • 32-bit and 64-bit Mandriva Linux 2007 as host and guest operating systems

VMware ESX server

ESX server is loosely based on Linux as well, so once you install the server, you should be able to browse around your Linux filesystem.

See Also

  • Confirm VMware Tools version
  • How To Install VMware Tools in Ubuntu
  • VMware Tools vs Open VM Tools

 

See Also

  • Unix Tutorial
  • Basic Unix Commands
  • Advanced Unix Commands
  • SSH port forwarding
  • Unix Tutorial Digest
  • Unix Reference

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Books you should read

  • Mastering VMware vSphere 4 (Computer/Tech)
  • vSphere 4.0 Quick Start Guide: Shortcuts down the path of Virtualization
  • Virtualizing Microsoft Tier 1 Applications with VMware vSphere 4

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Basic Unix Commands

Basic Unix Commands
  • ls command
  • mkdir command
  • man command in unix
  • cd command - change directory
  • uname command

Useful links

  • Solaris Blog
  • Unix Tutorial Unix Tutorials and System Administation Tips

Unix/Linux Reference

Unix Reference
  • check CentOS version
  • check Raspbian version
  • SSH port forwarding
  • unix commands
  • visudo tutorial
  • mtime unix
  • lrwxrwxrwx
  • Unix Tutorial digest

Advanced Unix Commands

Advanced Unix Commands
  • ln command - symlinks
  • tune2fs unix command - filesystem parameters
  • du command - disk usage
  • lsb_release command
  • find unix command

Virtualization Glossary

  • VDI
  • Virtual Machine
  • Sun xVM suite

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