Ubuntu 11.10 officially supported as a guest operating system

Nov 18, 2011 12:21 GMT  ·  By

Along with better graphics performance, the highlights of the latest build for VMware Player also include increased stability, thanks to compatibility enhancements that have been operated.

Additionally, Linux users can use Ubuntu 11.10 as a guest operating system, as starting this version the application offers official support for the distribution. Linux-related good news does not stop at this, though, as VMware Player 4.0.1 solved an issue that caused VMWare Tools to start in Fedora 15 guests. On the same note, Linux.iso mount from CD/DVD should work properly now.

The set repairs sustained by the current version addresses varied issues, from Windows 7 guest installation fail after powering on the virtual machine to error messages displayed upon VMware Tools failure.

Hosts powered by Nvidia GeForce and Quadro video cards some of the clouds in the Unigine Heaven Benchmark application were drawn solid black.