VMware Player 4.0.2

A virtual machine is a computer defined in software. It''s like running a PC on your PC.

This free desktop virtualization software application makes it easy to operate any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, VMware Fusion, VMware Server or VMware ESX.

Key Features Include:

• Run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single PC.
• Experience the benefits of preconfigured products without any installation or configuration issues.
• Share data between host computer and virtual machine.
• Run both 32 and 64 bit virtual machines.
• Leverage 2-way Virtual SMP.
• Use 3rd-party virtual machines and images.
• Share data between host computer and virtual machine.
• Broad host and guest operating system support.
• Support for USB 2.0 devices.
• Get appliance info at start-up.
• Gain easy access to virtual machines via intuitive home page interface.

VMware Player also supports Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines.

# Highlights functionality include:
* Ubuntu 11.10 is supported as a host.
* Fedora 16 is supported as a guest.
* Many customer-reported issues have been resolved.
# Resolved Issues:
* The ACLs on the PID files needed improvement. VMware thanks Inode0 for bringing this to our attention.
* Releasing input from the guest to the host, for example, moving the cursor from the virtual machine window to the host screen, failed with an unrecoverable error.
* Copying and pasting from a guest to an Ubuntu 11.10 host failed.
* Shared folders did not work in Fedora 16 and OpenSuse 12.1 guests.
* In Ubuntu 11.10 hosts, key repeat was disabled after ungrabbing or quitting VMware Player.
* On a Windows host, a virtual machine configured to use a physical disk or partition failed to power on if the host had a volume backed by more than one physical disk, for example, a RAID system.