VMware
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
1warn against
Dec 1, 2025first mention
Aug 4, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I had a comfortable VMWare image with all my apps installed”
“When I want Linux inside a VM I use VMware which is just better.”
Caveats and dissent
“production containerization in those days was VMWare, which was enough of a performance hit to not be worth it”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Windows XP 2002 for the Itanium: Unbridled rage 1 mention
- Run Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork 1 mention
- Isn't WSL2 just a VM? 1 mention
Data: vmware.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 3
“production containerization in those days was VMWare, which was enough of a performance hit to not be worth it”
“I had a comfortable VMWare image with all my apps installed”
“When I want Linux inside a VM I use VMware which is just better.”