Is there VMware software that can be used on linux?

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say linux is the main OS.. can I virtually run windows OS using VMware? I went on the website and stubbled on endless downloads, would be helpful if someone could point me in the right direction.. I'm not to knowledgeable of VMware (or even computers these days lol), I've used it once but didnt really play with it to much.

 

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You'll probably be best with VMWare Player to start off with.

Get it here

 

Thanks I wont be using it just yet as I don't have the actual PC yet, I'm just preparing everything so I can do a quick setup, is the Linux version free? as I noticed it mentions entering a licence key.

 

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May i suggest VirtualBox, you can use it freely under GNU GPL 2. I've tried it under Zorin OS running Win 7 and it worked like a charm.
Hope this helps.

 

By any chance do you (or anyone) know where I can get a trial version of windows 7? I've looked online and cant find anything, I know its hard to get as you cant get it from the official MS site but I remember finding it online about 4 months ago, it was very difficult to acquire and cant seem to find it again!

 

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO Image Downloads | Windows 7 Forums

 

Thats what I found too.. but for some reason its telling me it will take 2 days to download. I know my internet speed isnt amazing buy 2days?

 

Its you because I just pulled the 64bit one down from that link in just under 5 minutes (god I love my VM Cable connection )

 

So you downloaded it in 5minutes? mine has decreased and is now on 17hrs at 18%.. but will most likely revert back to days instead of hours. I guess im having a bad speed tonight, usually 3gigs would take me 1.5-3hrs which isnt great but I hardly download so doesnt bother me much.

 

Yes but I am on a 120meg Virgin Media Cable connection (that hits 125 most days).

 

Maybe you can help me.. I was going through the installation process, but couldnt progress as it said I didnt have the correct drivers! also didnt name what the correct drivers were.. I downloaded the 64bit Ultimate edition, dont know if you can suggest what I could do to get it working.

 

Do you have virtualisation enabled in the bios?

 

I can only assume no

 

Go in to the BIOS and look for anything related to virtualisation, it needs to be on.

 

Arrrgh still didn't work (Visualization was actually disabled though) but I appreciate the suggestion.. some good came from your suggestion though, I now know how to access the BIOS in Windows 8..as if differs from previous Windows versions. Im wondering whether it would make a difference if I download the 32bit version... My CPU is 64bit but I'm just wondering whether it would make a difference as I have had windows 7 running through VMware before.

UPDATE: Managed to find my USB with the working windows 7 iso on and have installed it! its a trial version but I believe when you use trials with VMware you don't have to activate it after the trial is over.. correct?

Also found my XP disk from my old PC now turning that into a virtual PC, just windows vista to acquire now

 

No you still need to activate the Windows OSs, VMware or any virtualisation software vendor would be hung out to dry if they circumvented software activation.

As far as entering the BIOS is concerned, that should be done whilst booting up and is generally either by pressing the Del key or sometimes F10, when your pc does the POST test you should be informed which button it is to enter the BIOS.

 

On windows 8 entering bios is abit different I looked it up on youtube. On past versions I believe I used to hit F2 to enter the BIOS

 

No, have a think about this, how would you enter the BIOS if you were running a Linux OS?, the BIOS is OS agnostic and doesn't require a specific OS to enter. What you're probably talking about is the old style ROM BIOS and the newer style UEFI bios which look different (one is a straight keyboard style affair, the other can utilise a mouse as well as keyboard) but both still require you to access them at POST time.

I have various Windows 8 desktops here and not one of them require anything special to access the BIOS except pressing the Del key during POST (and I have a mix of Bios types as well).

 

This is the steps I used to enter BIOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGiG1oljjZI&feature=youtube_gdata_player