VMWare supports MS-DOS, Windows, Free-BSD, Linux, Novell etc. Check "related links" for full list of the supported operating systems.
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One can download VMware directly from their online product servers. This is a free virtualization server that can be installed on any operating system.
The vmware workstation download can be found free at the vmware workstation's website. There are no requirements for the download because there is a free trial.
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.
One downloads VMWare Fusion by going onto the internet and going onto the VMWare website to download the VMWare Fusion for one's computer or laptop system.
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
Yes, vmware fusion is safe to download. Any of the official vmware programs will not do any harm to your computer and are very useful if you need a virtual machine.
There are many places where one can go to purchase VMware images. This includes large computing companies such as Hewlett Packard, as well as other providers that can be found on the VMware communities site.
There are many sites that offer VMware images. Some such sites include How To Forge and Trend Sigma. How To Sigma also offers a very thorough how-to on importing these images.
VMware can run on any personal computer running windows/linux/MAC OS X.All you need is to install VMWare player from http://www.vmware.com/download/player/For creating a VMware, you may either install VMware workstation using a trial license or download a virtual appliance (vmware image) from vmware website.