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VMWare Inc. Releases Free Virtual Machine Runtime

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the just-like-the-real-thing dept.

rfinnvik writes "VMWare Inc. has released a new free (as in beer) virtual machine runtime called VMware Player. According to VMWare, this free VM runtime makes it possible for anyone to run virtual machines created in their Workstation, GSX or ESX products. It also runs virtual machines created in Microsoft's virtualization products. The runtime is available for both Windows and Linux."

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  1. Re:This could be very cool for demoing Linux apps by cerelib · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you check out their prepackaged virtual machines you will see one called "Browser Appliance". I think it is essentially a sandbox machine that just runs a browser isolated from your host OS.

  2. Excellent for "black sheep" corporate Linux users. by GiMP · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Need to run Linux at work but corporate policy won't let you? (or plan to install Linux anyway, but need that killer-app for Windows?)... Boss won't buy you a copy of VMWare?

    Buy your own copy for personal use and simply install this "player" on your work PC. Need multiple users wanting to emulate an OS and don't have terribly high demands? One copy of vmware... multiple players.

    I'm drooling.

  3. VM Machine Building For Free by nurb432 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You can get a free 30 day license from VMware for their regular product.

    Make as many VM's you want and when it expires you can still use the 'runtime' thing.

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
  4. Re:This could be very cool for demoing Linux apps by notb4dinner · · Score: 4, Insightful

    By doing that you're still breaking the license agreement so it's really no better than pirating them.