VMware Player does the same thing for desktop systems. Both the Server and Player packages
have separate host packages for Linux and Windows and support clients for all varieties
of Windows and several other Linux distributions. The virtual machine is complete,
down to its own BIOS.
The target audience for VMware primarily consists of cross-platform software developers
and testers, along with system administrators. Developers can test their products on a
single machine running Red Hat, Fedora Core, openSUSE, Novell NetWare, or any and all
varieties of Windows. The system administrator can run tests to see what effect the latest
Windows Service Pack or antivirus upgrade would have on his or her system.
This section will focus on running a Windows virtual machine on openSUSE.
Installing VMware
Go to the VMware website to download the Player software. You have a choice of installation
packages, either RPM or standard tarball. You can use YaST to install the RPM or
extract the tarball as the SuperUser from the shell. Consult the VMware User??™s Guide
(available from the Documentation section of the VMware website) for instructions.
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