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VMware makes Workstation and Fusion free for everyone – Computerworld
VMware this week announced that the virtualization company’s hypervisor products, VMware Workstation and Fusion, will be completely free for both personal and commercial users, as well as for educational purposes. The move follows a decision last May, when VMware made both Workstation and Fusion free for personal use; those who wanted to use the software for commercial purposes still had to sign…
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VMware makes Workstation and Fusion free for everyone
VMware has announced that its VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation desktop hypervisors are now free to everyone for commercial, educational, and personal use. In May, the company also made VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro free for personal use, allowing students and home users to set up virtualized test labs and experiment with other OSs by running virtual machines and…
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How to Download Free VMware Workstation Pro 17 and VMware Fusion 13 Pro Installer from Broadcom
After VMware was acquired by Broadcom, they made a lot of changes to the licensing model of VMware products. One of those changes is the release of the free VMware Workstation/Fusion Pro versions for personal use. VMware by Broadcom decided to release the VMware Workstation/Fusion Pro desktop virtualization software (Type-II hypervisor) for free for personal use. This is a game…
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How to Install Free VMware Workstation Pro 17 on Windows 10/11
VMware by Broadcom discontinued the VMware Workstation Player product line completely and released the VMware Workstation Pro 17 (and later versions) for free for personal use. In this article, I will show you how to download and install the free VMware Workstation Pro 17 on the Windows 10/11 operating system. Enabling the Hardware Virtualization…
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How to Install Free VMware Workstation Pro 17 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
VMware by Broadcom discontinued the VMware Workstation Player product line completely and released the VMware Workstation Pro 17 (and later versions) for free for personal use. In this article, I will show you how to install the free VMware Workstation Pro 17 desktop virtualization software on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS operating system. Enabling Hardware Virtualization from…
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How to Compile the VMware Workstation Pro Kernel Modules on Ubuntu/Debian
Once the VMware Workstation Pro desktop virtualization software (Type-II hypervisor) is installed on your Ubuntu/Debian system, you must compile the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules for your Ubuntu/Debian system for it to work. In this article, I will show you how to compile the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules on Ubuntu/Debian. I will also discuss the problems you may face…
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How to Sign VMware Workstation Pro Kernel Modules on UEFI Secure Boot Enabled Linux Systems
For VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules to load on UEFI Secure Boot enabled Linux systems, you must sign them manually. Unsigned VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules won’t load, resulting in VMware Workstation Pro services failing to start. As you can see, VMware Workstation Pro services failed to start after the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules were compiled successfully. The…
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