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VMWare supports MS-DOS, Windows, Free-BSD, Linux, Novell etc. Check "related links" for full list of the supported operating systems.
You can download free vmware images of operating systems if you search on google. For example there are two good free operating systems, first you can download ubuntu from linux or chrome os.
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The biggest advantage of a VMware Workstation is that one can run multiple operating systems at the same time without having to reboot all the time. There are many other advantages.
Simply put, download a free version of VMware Server or opt to buy a paid version of VMware Workstation, either of which supports most popular flavors of Linux distributions. For a complete list of supported Linux distributions, please consult this VMware Guest OS Installation Guide"http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_guide.pdf".Hope this resolve your question.Bruce
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Modern operating systems allow for multiple processes and programs to be run simultaneously. Additionally the use of VMware can allow for multiple operating systems to be running at the same time. Modern operating systems include the desktop clients of Windows, MacOS, and Linux, while major mobile platforms independent of these are Blackberry and Android.
VMware Player allows you to run entire operating systems in a virtual machine, which runs on top of Ubuntu or Windows. To the guest operating system (the one running inside the virtual machine), it appears as though it were running on its own PC. The host operating system runs the VMware Player, which provides the guest with things like network access. VMware Player is available from Ubuntu's Multiverse repository (in 6.06 LTS through 7.04), but is not included in Ubuntu 8.04/8.10. It can be downloaded for free from VMware.Virtual machines configured with an operating system and applications ready to perform a specific function are called virtual appliances. An appliance can be created using certain VMware products, or you can download ready-made appliances. A wide variety of appliances (both certified and not) are available from VMware's
Current version is 10.0.2.
It is both operating system....