VMWare is now Free?

[@flamer_x2885]

I recommend making the switch from virtualbox to QEMU/KVM, assuming you use linux. It is a type 1 hypervisor compared to the other two being type 2 hypervisors, so massive cpu performance improvements, and much more possiblities in customization (as an example, I have a windows 11 gaming vm with a gpu passed through for incompatible linux games while getting near bare metal performance). KVM is also in the linux kernel itself.

[@unAgorist]

yep kvm was a virtualbox (such a factory gas) killer; switching to it was like goin through the van hallen belt at last. But not all processors supports it. new users should check compatibility of theirs first before trying it.

[@glowingone1774]

Do i need 2 gpus for passthrough?

[@exeptMusic]

@@glowingone1774 Yes, when you do a passthrough you lock that PCI slot to the VM/machine. This goes for any addon card wether that be network, storage etc

[@CYPHALANX]

@@glowingone1774 you may not, if you built in graphics within your CPU. If you don't you'd need another one. Or maybe get a cheap one, to just power the host OS.

[@markusTegelane]

​@@glowingone1774Actually it is possible to do single GPU passthrough on QEMU/KVM, even if your CPU doesn't have integrated graphics, but it's a messy process and you'll no longer have graphical access to the host once you start the VM, which is why people tend to avoid it and recommend having dual GPUs.

[@CrittingOut]

If this doesn't mean that VMWare is open source, then I don't really care. Zero reason to use them over virtualbox or QEMU.

[@zaylaxsamin2074]

VMware workstation is a significantly more professional tool and superior in every aspect to virtualbox if you’re doing serious work.

[@T-Ball-o]

Except on the Mac where qemu's USB passthrough support is broken and has been for years

[@joshuatimothy2966]

Virtual box is Oracle, never forget that

[@ahmedkj9923]

@@CrittingOut there is a lot of reasons why people use VMware workstation over virtualbox like better gpu virtualization , clipboard sync , better drivers for windows/linux. Qemu is great if you want to do more advance stuff but it's difficult to learn/use.

[@MaghrebProductions]

I think XCP-NG (XEN) is far superior and fully open source.

[@nezu_cc]

It's good on windows and Mac, but on Linux you have KVM that is just as good if not better. Free, open, built right into the kernel

[@nexusyang4832]

Kind of an interesting news...used and still have their old hypervisor.

[@ZombieLurker]

VMware Workstation Pro for individual use cases, has been free since Broadcom took over. But making it free for commercial use now pretty neat. I started with Vmware Workstation Pro and have tried switching to Virtual box, but the UI just feels outdated or something weird to me. I have noticed that trying to migrate a multi-file encrypted Windows 11 VM from VMware to Proxmox or QEMU/KVM is quite a pain in the ass though. Haven't quite figured out how to do it yet. Don't want to keep buying a new Windows license key for every new hypervisor I want to migrate it too. So for the ease of migration in the future if ever needed with other vm's, I have switched to just using QEMU/KVM.

[@flamer_x2885]

About the buying a windows license part, you could activate it via HWID using microsoft activation scripts on github

[@SS-gu2tx]

Setting up pass-through on KVM is far easier than actually downloading VMWare.

[@ahmedkj9923]

for real, i was searching for 2 hours get a download link.

[@seansingh4421]

That’s Broadcom for you 😂😂😂

[@raiden72]

Proxmox ftw. Just make sure to budget for backups for yourmain drive

[@Z-add]

Any one knows how macincloud works. It virtualizing actual mac minis and giving access to windows users. How do you do that.

[@bolivianPsyOp]

This will be nice for my windows machine. Virtualbox is causing instability but VMWare had always been solid when I was in school

[@TheTylrBllmn]

I'm confused, I got this for free on my Mac almost 8 months ago, maybe a year.. Was I ahead of the curve??

[@oscarcharliezulu]

I think so. KZbinrs are just catching up :)

[@tacticalcenter8658]

You are the product in free closed source software.

[@iblackfeathers]

best black friday deal. can’t beat free (or lifetime at a very low cost).

[@mesterjess]

Hey mate - thanks for sharing this update. Just an FYI, your VMware Workstation link is broken, at least for me. (VirtualBox is likewise my personal bop) Edit: Yeah, looks like VMware changed the link after consolidating their products and only redirected their VMware Fusion product, haha.

[@oscarcharliezulu]

Bad news for Parallels on Mac?

[@yugen042]

That's nice uh. But the reason I didn't and still won't use it is its proprietary nature, not the price tag. QEMU/KVM exist and are awesome, I don't really see a reason to use VMWare.

[@kuukeli]

thank you for posting

[@notafbihoneypot8487]

good thing i have unlimited pc's to install all my os's bare metal 💎💎

[@QuantumKurator]

Re your link in the notes - VMware Workstation - Official Site : Page Not Found

[@wakeupNeo_]

use QEMU and KVM for best performance

[@seansingh4421]

Except for Proxmox, KVM and QEMU are a serious pain in the ass. If I wanted that much headache I would just use Docker instead.

[@Durhamaction21]

I’m tryna get up in that Darknet. Degree. How do I sign up? Let me know what I gotta do..

[@plodoviski]

Sam, you would can talk about DeSnake ? Ex-Admin of AlphaBay.

[@VikTortor]

Awesome, thanks for the shoutout!

[@TertiumComparationis]

Great video again sam!

[@duskcypher8894]

If it's now free then where and how are they making their money? It has to come from somewhere

[@BangBangBang.]

duh, support and commercial customers

[@mattym8]

They sell every other product they make.

[@knghtbrd]

It's a trap! Broadcom is looking to stem the hemorrhage of people from its new acquisitiin and the vmware part of the business is so small… but it is so essential to maintaining the "use what you know" market dominance.

[@stage6fan475]

Exactly what I was thinking. Who would trust them after that cash grabbing screw all the clients who can't switch thing they pulled.

[@OminousBroski]

When was VMWare paid for us?

[@davegebbings7632]

Thanks

[@markgreen2170]

...doesn't 'free' mean, you are the product? nice video, thanks!

[@meh.7539]

I don't trust VMWare. Good run down of the issue, though. 👍

[@seansingh4421]

Dear QEMU and Vbox users. I would rather stick to VMware instead of going to a mental hospital trying to figure out proper simple networking on those.

[@bitferret-rx5rn]

It's too little too late

[@ollicron7397]

I never paid for them to begin with.

[@NameName-do9hj]

Ta mate

[@KapaGT]

VMware for me is dead. With 10x on the enterprise prices, I just stopped using it in any project, removed thousands of VMs to other Hypervisors and aint looking back. Proxmox for Lab and home, and Virtualbox for Windows is 10x better, don't want to even listen to Broadcom's attempt to gain back market.

[@50PullUps]

Hyper-V is all I need 😁

[@dariustakeda1609]

virtualization of hardware is a good approach to isolate an environment an block any penetration that tries to access the real kernel and gain bios control (like new glowee methods do). Actually, is even better than just run Tails OS without any personal data inside disks, in my opinion.

[@CrittingOut]

It's better than TailsOS because?

[@donwald3436]

lol Broadcom FAFO.

[@greob]

If it's free and there is no source code, it's malware. 😊