VMware Server 1.0 now free

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VMware Server 1.0 now free

by Jordan Running Jul 12th 2006

As was announced back in February, VMware is now giving away one of its flagship products, VMware Server (formerly GSX Server). The free OS virtualization server makes it possible to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on top of a host OS, which can eliminate dual-booting, make installing or testing potentially dangerous apps risk-free, or keeping around a copy of your old system when you reinstall Windows. VMware Server 1.0 is available for Windows or Linux.

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Tags: free, freeware, gsx, linux, virtualization, vmware, vmwareserver, windows

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Zach Marshall said 12:02AM on 7-13-2006

According to this page http://www.vmware.com/products/server_comp.html VMware server only runs on Windows Server 2000/2003 and Linux. I assume this means it won't run on XP. Anyone else heard or experience otherwise?

Claudiu Spulber said 3:58AM on 7-13-2006

You're right, it doesn't work on Windows XP. Here is a detailed list of systems supported:
http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html

Anyway, since Virtual PC 2004 is free (and 2007 will be free too) there are more choices.

Jared said 3:02PM on 7-13-2006

They don't support VMWare Server on XP, but poking around their discussion forums shows that many people have gotten it to work just fine with XP as a host.

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=371736 and http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=911 were both informative. It's worth a try at least.

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