On 3/12/24 16:49, George at Clug wrote:
I would also recommend the free version of VMware Workstation. While not
FOSS, it is an excellent product, while it is made available for
personal use
No it's not! VMware Workstation is a buggy as hell on Windows and nearly
unusable on Debian.
I know. I've just spent a year in a virtualisation course using VMWare
Workstation to virtualise many different hosts and networks and
applications.
On a Windows Host it will randomly forget to cut and paste to a VM. At
times it will go to 100% CPU and wedge. Sometimes the only solution is
to completely reboot the Windows host.
With VMWare workstation on Windows, the course instruction is "Save
Early, Save Often"
They don't even attempt to do coursework on Linux for a very good reason.
For my personal virtualisation tasks I use QEMU/KVM and the debian gui
tools. They take a bit of learning but are far more reliable than VMWare.
As an aside, VMWare Workstation Pro is now free because Broadcom has
upped the license fee on ESXi systems and are facing a mammoth exodus of
customers to other vendors. Free software is a last ditch effort to
increase the user base.
