FREE Virtualization Products for First-Time Users

VMware Player
Run, share and evaluate pre-built applications and beta software in virtual machines with VMware Player.

VMware Server
Start experiencing the benefits of virtualization with VMware Server, a robust yet easy to use product for users new to server virtualization technology. Add centralized management to your VMware Server environment with VMware Virtual Center for VMware Server.

VMTN Virtual Appliances
Download pre-installed and pre-configured applications that run in a virtual machine. Access the directory of Virtual Appliances.

http://www.vmware.com/products/free_virtualization.html

VMmanager - Manage Virtual Machines

The program VMmanager creates and manages virtual machines which can be used by the VMware-Player. The program generates all required VMX- and VMDK-files. Parameters defined within the file 'vmmanager.ini' form the range of functions. VMmanager has been developed and tested under Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Can be run on USB.

Languages: English, French, German
Compatibility VMware Player, VMware Workstation 4.x and 5
Supported guest O/S: Windows, Linux, Netware ...
(VMmanager cannot run on Linux machines directly. VMmanager works fine with the help of Wine on Linux machines.)

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If you are running ESX and are thinking about how to monitor resource capacity or need to do chargeback to end users we are looking for beta testers. The full description and download of the appliance is on vmware.com at http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/881 or http://www.vkernel.com



Questions and comments to support-at-v-kernel.com



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VMware Player 2.5.2

With this release of VMware Player, certain new features and support have been added.
Support for New Guest Operating Systems
VMware provides support for the following operating systems for Player 2.5.2:

* Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2
* Asianux Server 3.0 Service Pack 1
* openSUSE 11.1
* Ubuntu 8.10
* Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

VMware provides experimental support to the following operating systems for Player:

* Asianux Server 3 Service Pack 1
* Fedora 11
* FreeBSD 7.1
* Mandriva Linux 2009
* Microsoft Windows 7
* Novell SLE11.0
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8
* Sun Solaris 10 Update 6
* Ubuntu 9.04

http://www.vmware.com/download/player/

VMware Player 2.5.3

Player 2.5.3 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. With this release of VMware Player, new support has been added.
Support for New Guest Operating Systems

VMware provides new support for the following guest operating system on Player 2.5.3:
Ubuntu 9.04 is fully supported.

See the Guest/Host OS tab on the VMware Compatibility Guide Web site for supported guests, installation instructions, and known issues.

http://www.vmware.com/download/player/

VMware Player 2.5.3

Player 2.5.3 is a maintenance release that resolves some known issues. With this release of VMware Player, new support has been added.
Support for New Guest Operating Systems

VMware provides new support for the following guest operating system on Player 2.5.3:
Ubuntu 9.04 is fully supported.

See the Guest/Host OS tab on the VMware Compatibility Guide Web site for supported guests, installation instructions, and known issues.

http://www.vmware.com/download/player/