VMware Player 2.5.0.118166

Run virtual machines on your Windows or Linux PC with VMware Player 2.0. This free desktop virtualization software application makes it easy to operate any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Server or VMware ESX Server, as well as Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disks. You can also use Player to evaluate one of the many virtual appliances available from the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace.

Get more out of your existing computer hardware. Use the free VMware Player application to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC. With VMware Player, you can use any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Server or VMware ESX Server, as well as Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disks. Use 32- and 64-bit Windows, Linux, NetWare, or Solaris x86 operating systems side-by-side, without rebooting or partitioning your hard drive.

Features:
• Run 32- and 64-bit virtual machines.
Run a wide variety of 32- and 64-bit operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu and FreeBSD.
• Leverage 2-way Virtual SMP.
Users can run virtual machines with multiple CPUs to experience improved performance when working with multi-threaded, resource-intensive software.
• Use 3rd-party virtual machines and images.
Open Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec Backup Exec (formerly called Live State Recovery) images. In this process, the initial virtual machine or image is left untouched in its native format and any modifications are saved in a much smaller VMware-formatted file that is linked to the initial image.
• Share data between host computer and virtual machine.
Copy text and files between the virtual machine and the host PC. Drag and drop files between a Windows host PC and a Windows virtual machine. Or, enable Shared Folders to seamlessly access data on your host computer.
• Broad host and guest operating system support
Run any of the over 60 supported 32- and 64-bit guest operating systems including Vista, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, Ubuntu 6.10 and many more.
• Support for USB 2.0 devices
Use peripherals that require high-speed performance in your VMs, such as MP3 Players and fast storage devices.
• Get appliance info at start-up
Start a virtual appliance in the appliance view to review brief description and other relevant information provided by the appliance author.
• Gain easy access to virtual machines via intuitive home page interface
Leverage an intuitive home page interface that lets you open existing virtual machines or browse the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace to download any of the 425+ virtual appliances. Virtual appliances are pre-built, pre-configured and ready-to-run enterprise software applications packaged along with an operating system within virtual machines.

New in VMware Player 2.5.0.118166:
- 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Preinstallation environment (all versions) as a guest operating system
- 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows Recovery environment as a guest operating system
- 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu LTS 8.04.1 as a guest operating system
- 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows 2008 Standard Server, Data Center, Enterprise, and Small Business Server as guest operating systems without Hyper-V
- 32-bit and 64-bit Asianux 3 as a guest operating system
- 32-bit and 64-bit CentOS 5.0-5.2 as host and guest operating systems
- 32-bit and 64-bit Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.0-5.2 as host and guest operating systems
- 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Update 7 (Workstation, Enterprise Server, and Advanced Server) as host and guest operating systems
- 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 and 5.2 (Advanced Platform, Desktop, and Server) as host and guest operating systems
- 32-bit and 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and 10 SP1 and SP2 as host and guest operating systems
- 32-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 as a guest operating system
- 32-bit and 64-bit Mandriva Linux 2008 as a guest operating system
- 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu LTS 8.04 as host and guest operating systems
- 32-bit and 64-bit Solaris 10 Operating System for x86 Platforms, 10 5/08 (Update 5), as a guest operating system
- Unity view — Integrate your favorite guest applications with your host
- Installer bundle for Linux hosts — Installing VMware Player on Linux hosts just got a lot easier
- Accelerated 3-D graphics on Windows XP guests — VMware Player 2.5 virtual machines now work with applications that use DirectX 9 accelerated graphics with shaders up through Shader Model 2.0 on Windows XP guests
- Full screen mode — While in full screen mode, you can now switch from one powered-on virtual machine to another
- Suspend and exit — Both Windows and Linux hosts now support suspending the virtual machine when exiting
- Change preferences — Set preferences, such as how devices are displayed in VMware Player
- Expanded in-product help system — When you choose Help > Help Topics, or click a Help button in a dialog box, you have access to twice as much content as was provided in VMware Player 2.0
- Folder sharing and dragging, dropping, copying, and pasting text and files — Transferring files between virtual machines or between host and guests using these features is up to 25 percent faster
- Memory allocation — Change the amount of memory allocated to the virtual machine
- (Experimental) Support for smart cards in virtual machines — You can plug a smart card reader into a host and insert your smart card to authenticate yourself on your host or on a guest
- Text copy and paste enhancements — On Windows guests, you can copy and paste text in rich text format, and copy up to 4MB of text. (On Linux guests, the old limitations still apply. You can copy and paste up to 64K of plain text.)

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