Re: [Astlinux-users] VMware by Broadcom

[Michael K. <li...@mk...>]

> Am 15.02.2024 um 15:23 schrieb Lonnie Abelbeck <li...@lo...>:
> 
> Hi Group,
> 
> With the VMware transition from perpetual licensing to new subscription offerings, and the end of free ESXi [1],
> 
> should the VMware support in AstLinux change in any way?
> 
> If you are currently using AstLinux in a VMware instance, will you continue to do so for the future or switch to some other hypervisor?
> 
> There is some extra bloat added to the AstLinux VM ISO to support VMware (ex. open-vm-tools)
> 
> I'm curious how AstLinux VM users are reacting to the VMware transition.
> 
> Lonnie
> 
> [1] https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2107518

I still have a few bigger customers using VMWare, and they want to stay with it, at least as a mid-term plan.

Michael

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