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   nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 21:19:26 JST nixCraft 🐧

   After all the drama, Broadcom announced that VMware Workstation Pro is now free for commercial use and personal use on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Would you trust them now, considering that free hypervisor exists? https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/vmware-workstation-free-for-all-part-2

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     Fuchsiii~~~ (fuchsiii@oxytodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 21:19:23 JST Fuchsiii~~~

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     @nixCraft note that I almost exclusively use virtualization to play around with Linux distros and test stuff on windows. My software runs in containern. I would not trust VMware on a server.

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     Fuchsiii~~~ (fuchsiii@oxytodon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 21:19:25 JST Fuchsiii~~~

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     @nixCraft when apple silicon came out I bought a fusion pro license as UTM wasn’t available yet and parallels was quite a bit more expensive. I find the graphics acceleration of VMware a lot more mature compared to UTM/qemu. Maybe I will continue sticking to VMware even though I rly dislike Broadcom as a company.

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