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To VMWare or not to VMWare

Saleb

Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:02:45 am

I've just swapped most of my home computers from XP across to Zorin. I was running version 7.1.6 of VMWare Workstation under Windows.

Is it worth trying to install this to be hosted under Zorin? Is it even possible? What steps should I follow and is there a guide?

Wolfman

Fri Apr 25, 2014 4:47:13 am

Hi,

I don't do it but you can read up on it here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware

Saleb

Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:11:22 am

Thanks

This is part of the picture but more focused on building Ubuntu virtual machines under Windows. My strong suspicion is that my version of Workstation is too old to practically integrate this with Zorin/Ubuntu.

I did find a guide to installing 8.0.4 here http://hashprompt.blogspot.in/2012/10/vmware-workstation-804-installation-on.html Even if I don't get to use it, this might help someone else.

I'll probably try Virtualbox as a substitute. Thanks for doing the extra work to look for a solution.