vmware-workstation free?

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Tester · Post by **Tester** » Fri Aug 23, 2002 9:05 pm

The vmware program is available for download from their webpage.. but you need a valid registration key for it to work...

El_Presidente_Pufferfish · Fri Aug 23, 2002 9:05 pm

Probably a CVS version like WineX?

taskara · Post by **taskara** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 12:00 am

no there is no cvs or free version of vmware - you need a code either way.

it's free to download (hence the portage version), and you can get a 30 day trial code.

beeyp · Post by **beeyp** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 3:15 pm

i have VMWARE_WORKSTATION_V3.1.1 for WINNT2K with a valid registration key, will it work with the Linux version too?

credmp · Post by **credmp** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 4:32 pm

Hi,

I dunno... have you tried it?

-- Arjen

Tom Brown · Post by **Tom Brown** » Sat Aug 24, 2002 5:32 pm

beeyp wrote:i have VMWARE_WORKSTATION_V3.1.1 for WINNT2K with a valid registration key, will it work with the Linux version too?

no

-- Tom

ikaro · Post by **ikaro** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 9:12 am

If so , why is it in portage ?

I was going to install windows, because i need to use Dreamweaver ( yes ive tried with wine , but that sux )

then i booted up the window xp cd-rom and then got a prompt that i need a serial , and the application closes.

anyone knows if it possible to use the application w/out a serial ?

thx

EDIT: Merged thread. --pjp

Pink · Post by **Pink** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:08 am

Yes it does need a serial number, which can be purchased from
here...

Buy here

Anyway, the reason it is in portage is the same reason most programmes are in portage; so they can be easily installed with all dependencies worked out and installed as necessary and so all the files are in the correct place.

If vmware is too expensive, maybe you would like to try win4lin or codeweavers.

HTH

jaska · Post by **jaska** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:16 am

It is a commercial program, therefore you need to buy the license to get the serial.

nex_tym · Post by **nex_tym** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 10:21 am

You can get a free 30 day trial serial number from vmware. Just sign up on their web site and they will mail you one.

When i tried vmware before they did this. Not 100% if they still are though.

ikaro · Post by **ikaro** » Sat Nov 08, 2003 12:52 pm

ok thx for the replies.

ive installed it and got a 30 day licence from their website after I've reged.

works pretty nice

I will look for those other solutions too , thx.

znmeb · Post by **znmeb** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 2:19 am

I was browsing my Portage tree this morning and discovered this:

* app-emulation/vmware-workstation
Latest version available: 4.5.1.7568
Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
Size of downloaded files: 39,870 kB
Homepage: http://www.vmware.com/products/desktop/ws_features.html
Description: Emulate a complete PC on your PC without the usual performance overhead of most emulators

Is VMWare Workstation now "free software"? DId I miss an announcement about that? Last time I looked, VMWare Workstation 4.5 was a commercial product, with a hefty price tag of $299US. I have a copy running on my Windows machine and love it. I would love it even more if it were free.

EDIT: Merged thread. --pjp

mastergoon · Post by **mastergoon** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 2:27 am

Portage has quite a few commercial software items in it. When you install that, you still need your license key. Just because it's in portage doesn't mean its free

SmegTheLight · Post by **SmegTheLight** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 2:30 am

<edit> Doh - mastergoon hit the sumbit button before me

</edit>

No, it's not free. Just because there is an ebuild doesn't make something free as in beer.

But if you have a licence, or want to try if for 30 days, then there is a handy ebuild to help get it on your system.

lunarg · Post by **lunarg** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:03 pm

I was actually very glad to find it in the portage

I avoid installing things that are not in the portage as they sometimes tend to break other things (noticed it with Debian).

(I wouldn't mind to see VMware getting free, but software that good hardly will be....)

Clete2 · Post by **Clete2** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:59 pm

4.5 is still beta as far as I know (checked their website and only 4 is listed for download).

I signed up for beta, but never got a license

.

jaingaurav · Post by **jaingaurav** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:02 am

Seems like 4.5.1 is a release now

http://www.vmware.com/support/ws45/doc/ ... _ws45.html

TactX · Post by **TactX** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 8:31 am

znmeb wrote:VMWare Workstation 4.5 was a commercial product, with a hefty price tag of $299US.

I would not call $299 "hefty". Actually it is quite cheap if you have good use for it.
I've been doing .MSI-packaging and other win32 administrative stuff that needed lots of testing for quite a long time. VMware can save you so much time there. All my VMs are running with nonpersistent disks so I simply have to turn them off and on again to get to a predefined state without any garbage left by previous tests.

drahz · Post by **drahz** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:45 am

#serialz
not that I would ever do that.

The whole reason for ME having Linux is to stop feeding from the hand of proprietary software. Especialy a company that will sue a Teenager for making a domain that was a play on words (mikerowsoft.com I belieave) as copy right infringment. Don't forget Lindows. I have no need for Vmware, nor do I want to have, or even want anything to do with M$. It's a shame that I'm still somewhat dependant on Windows, and that I wasted my teenage years (and some of my adult life) with what is poor OS, when I was best friends with the son of one of the guys that set up GTE's UNIX system in the northern Virgina area, I could have learned so much! Sorry I'm a hothead about some issues. don't get me started on the RIAA or MPAA or people that drug their children to cover up their bad parenting. OH, yeah and the DRUG WAR, HA!

shm · Post by **shm** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:40 pm

vmware is a _very_ nice tool for those of us who need to run those pesky Windows-only applications

Robelix · Post by **Robelix** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:32 pm

@drahz:
vmware != windows || M$

vmware just simulates a pc, you can run any operating system inside: Win, dos, Linux, *bsd, solaris...

Yes, it's payware. It can be handy to have it in portage, but I think there should be a note in the package description.

Robelix

Athas · Post by **Athas** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:35 pm

I agree. Perhaps a seperate app-proprietary section?

Actually, I don't see why it is such a big issue that VMWare is in portage, those who want it without paying for it will get it anyway, this just makes it easier for those with legitimate uses for it.

shm · Post by **shm** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:40 pm

Athas wrote:I agree. Perhaps a seperate app-proprietary section?

Why? I think seperate sections for proprietary software would give an unnecessary feeling of guilt for using them. Remember, we are not RMS' bitches.. unlike Debian.

Perhaps filtering by license would be nice, since the ebuilds have license info.

codergeek42 · Post by **codergeek42** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:37 pm

Quick question: Dos the fact that it's in the portage mean when you emerge it, you actually get the source code or just the binaries?

shm · Post by **shm** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:39 pm

codergeek42 wrote:Quick question: Dos the fact that it's in the portage mean when you emerge it, you actually get the source code or just the binaries?

just the binaries, m'am..

portage is a package management system, non-specific to binaries/source

vmware-workstation free?

key?

Re: key?

wmware-workstation - need a serial to use it ?

Why is VMWare 4.5 Workstation in Gentoo??

Re: Why is VMWare 4.5 Workstation in Gentoo??