Thanks, that's what I needed to know! Virt-manager is more than sufficient for my needs, and I can always cough up the $150-$200 if I really want to do VMware testing.
Thank you for your time and help! On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 3:51 AM Shane O'Sullivan <hits...@tenmilesout.net> wrote: > It's a breach of the EULA. I would highly recommend installing > virt-manager as a suitable alternative. > > On Fri 13 May 2022, 08:17 Aaron Rainbolt, <arraybo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am digging deep into the world of Ubuntu development and am trying to >> make sure my alpha and beta testing is as effective as possible. I also >> don't want to cash out an arm and a leg for expensive software to do so. >> I've been using virt-manager (QEMU/KVM) for testing on virtual machines, >> and while things seem to be going well, I'd like to test on other >> hypervisors too for the sake of catching as many bugs as possible. >> >> VMware provides their Workstation Player product for free, *for >> non-commercial use.* Problem is, I can't figure out if using VMware for >> Ubuntu testing would be considered commercial use. One one hand, I'm not a >> Canonical employee, nor am I using VMware for employment purposes, so that >> would be non-commercial, but on the other hand, I'm helping a large >> enterprise build an OS that is used for commercial purposes, so that seems >> like commercial use. >> >> Do any of y'all do QA testing in the free version of VMware Workstation >> Player? Does anyone know if this is a legal use of VMware? >> >> Thank you for your help and time. >> >> (Note: I *think* these kinds of questions are what this mailing list is >> for, but if I'm misguided and should have sent this to >> ubuntu-devel-discuss, please let me know and I'll direct these kinds of >> questions there instead.) >> -- >> ubuntu-devel mailing list >> ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel >> >
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