


To view or ask questions about Workstation Player, visit the VMware Workstation Player Community. If you want to learn more about Workstation Player, visit the Workstation Player Product page. Use the respective links in the VMware Workstation Player Documentation section that follows to access the VMware Workstation Player Release Notes and the VMware Workstation Player™ for Windows documentation. The VMware Workstation Player for Linux documentation describes how to use VMware Workstation Player on a Linux host to create, use, and manage virtual machines. All our documentation comes in PDF format, which you can access by selecting the PDF download icon while reading a page or viewing a search result. For example, version 17 contains all the updates for 17.x releases. We update the online documentation with the latest point release information. At the top of the tower is Debian - carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.Welcome to VMware Workstation Player™ for Linux documentation. Next is all the software that you run on the computer. Debian comes with over 43000 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine), a package manager (APT), and other utilities that make it possible to manage thousands of packages on thousands of computers as easily as installing a single application. Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software. Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel. When the page loads, click on the GO TO DOWNLOADS link. The kernel is the most fundamental program on the computer and does all the basic housekeeping and lets you start other programs. Step 1: Download VMware Workstation Player Point your browser to to download the latest version of VMware Workstation Player. At the core of an operating system is the kernel. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. This operating system that we have created is called Debian. The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system.
