I've been checking the vmware website on and off for the last year to see if there finally is support for vmware on FreeBSD hosts. It's a pity that there isn't. I would immediately purchase a license if there was.

Hey all,

As Jason has already stated earlier in this thread, the main determining factor we use in deciding to support a new HOST OS is potential future sales.

The FreeBSD market is very, very small right now. Most people who use FreeBSD are prone to use an OS such as Linux, and in fact many of them DO use Linux.

That's not to say that FreeBSD support will never happen; we just need a business case to do so. Several postings on the VMTN discussion forums (and this discussion here) will help.

Until we get a lot more intellectual ammunition on the FreeBSD front, I'm afraid this will remain as an unsupported host OS.

Readers' digest version:

If you want FreeBSD support, tell VMware about it. File a support request (if you have a support contract), post here, make yourself heard.

-Daryll

I have been waiting for a FREEBSD Host for a while.

We have at least 6 licenses at work that would be converted from Linux to FBSD due to stability reasons and since we mostly run FBSD servers.

Certainly my home license would be converted immediately.

The only reason that we run a linux host is due to lack of options. It's also fair to say if there is a competing product that comes out to be equivalent in functionality as vmware which would also support FBSD hosts, we will certainly move to that product. We're stuck at the moment.