Earlier this yr, in Might, VMware Workstation Professional and Fusion Professional had been made free, and thus, a license to obtain and set up them was now not mandatory for private customers. A information was additionally launched by Broadcom, which walked by way of set up and switching.

Following that, final month, in November, the non-Professional editions had been additionally made free, and thus, Workstation Professional and Fusion Professional had been now not purchasable merchandise.

Earlier right now, Broadcom introduced new VMware updates for Workstation Professional and Workstation Participant below model 17.6.2. The replace makes the previous free for not simply private customers but additionally industrial and academic customers. It additionally fixes crashing and freezing points on Home windows 11 and Linux.

Sadly, the long-standing multi-monitor subject stays unresolved. The changelog for Workstation 17.6.2 is given beneath:

What’s New

Free Licensing Mannequin

• VMware Workstiation Professional now not requires a license key and is now free for industrial, instructional, and private use.

Bug Fixes

• VMware Workstation Professional 17.6.2 gives numerous bug fixes requested by clients.

Resolved Points

• After performing snapshot operations within the Snapshot Supervisor, VMware Workstation for Linux crashes

Taking, deleting, or restoring snapshots by way of the Snapshot Supervisor would possibly trigger VMware Workstation for Linux to crash. This subject is resolved in VMware Workstation 17.6.2.

• Digital machines on Home windows 11 hosts develop into unresponsive after unlocking the host

After locking or unlocking the host with a digital machine put in on a Home windows 11 host, the digital machine turns into unresponsive. The problem is resolved in VMware Workstation 17.6.2.

• The kcompactd kernel course of causes digital machines on Linux hosts to develop into unresponsive

Digital machines on Linux hosts ultimately develop into unresponsive due to the kcompactd kernel course of. The problem is resolved in VMware Workstation 17.6.2.

Identified Points

• The multi-monitor characteristic won’t work accurately in particular topologies

In particular conditions, based mostly on completely different {hardware} and topologies, the multi-monitor characteristic doesn’t work as anticipated. You would possibly see points like reverting the topology to a single display, or not biking by way of screens.

Workaround:

None.

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