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On Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:34, Carlos E. R. wrote:
I went to https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads, and what I see as "Player" is now called "VMware Workstation 12.1.0 Player for Linux 64-bit." The version I have currently installed is Player, version 6.
Apparently, VMware Workstation 12.1.0 Player is both free and paid. I suppose I have to upgrade to it. Anybody done that, what should I have in mind?
However, the package is named similarly:
VMware-Player-6.0.6-.....x86_64.bundle VMware-Player-12.1.0-......x86_64.bundle
No "workstation" in the name there, just a jump in the version number.
At one time it was hinted the planed existence of a "player" for the "VMware-Server" files / virtual machines, that was dropped soon after. AFAIKT earlier the situation was, "VMware-Server (now vSphere)" will play / use both, the Server-Only and the Workstation images, while "VMware-Workstation (Pro)" will only play / use the Workstation images, while "VMware-Player" is a rather limited subset of "VMware-Workstation". But looking at the actual web-page, some of this information seems to be gone missing. Most of my older links to there do not work anymore, and I can not find the same info in the pages as of now. Now, that bag is all mixed up. Server is splited up in multiple "products", see: Data Center Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/ Workstation is housed here: Desktop and Application Virtualization http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop-virtualization.html (Product "Workstation (Pro / Player)" defined as for use in desktop environment e.g. PC / Laptop) For Player I get two DL pages Version 12 (leads to 12.1.0) https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_work... Version 7 (leads to 7.1.3) https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_play... See the difference in the Names? With Version 12 it became "VMware Workstation Player" while Version 7 still was "VMware Player" Tl;DR: Product regrouping. - Yamaban. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org