Few virtual computer environments are as stable, popular and rich in features as VMware. I've been a fan and user of VMware Workstation since version 2.0. I use it for testing network applications, ...

The short version: VMware stood accused of illegally using Linux code in its flagship VMware ESX bare-metal virtual machine (VM) hypervisor. The story began in August 2006, when prominent Linux ...

Gone are the days when setting up and using Linux was a cumbersome experience, and what better way to see than trying Ubuntu -- one of the most popular and easiest-to-use distributions available.

Cloud computing and virtualization software company VMware has announced that its flagship desktop software is now free for personal use. Individual users can now download and use VMWare Fusion Pro ...

A new version of VMware Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro is out, bringing a new command-line tool, USB 3.2, support for more guest and host operating systems, and more. VMware has released a big update ...

In a previous article, I looked at Flatcar, a lightweight, Linux-based 0S designed specifically for running containers. It emerged in 2018 as a successor to CoreOS Container Linux after Kinvolk forked ...

VMware Workstation can perform a PXE boot over the local network, as version 4.5. PXE stands for "Pre-boot eXecution Environment" and is a standard developed by Intel to allow a device with PXE ...

In last week's article, we discussed virtualization and its role in reducing server sprawl. We included VMware server as one of the products used to virtualize a data center. VMware also sells a ...