Is Debian Wheezy supported as host OS?

[oliver_reid]

I could not be sure form the compatibility page.. (I am very new at all this)

Thanks

[WoodyZ]

No, at the present time, it is not yet officially supported.  However not supported and will it install are two different things.  Then during the install process there may be issues building the Kernel Modules in unsupported Host OSes and may require third party patches to get VMware Workstation to run properly.

[oliver_reid]

Thanks

I don't intend to use it a Guest OS. I Am leasing a server that came with Debian 7 and I don't want to change the OS if I don't need to.

I will try this is a test. My guess is that it will work , but as this is a relatively new release WMWare have not got around to testing it yet.

[WoodyZ]

I don't intend to use it a Guest OS.

My original reply said Guest however I changed it to Host and modified contents.

[oliver_reid]

OK thanks

For a Linux Newbie what is the best version to install to host Workstation with minimal need to "patch" files.

This is a remote machine and I will administer via VNC or such. I am used to GUI interfaces (sorry! )

My VM's  will be Linux or Windows server 2012 SE

[WoodyZ · Accepted solution]

I find "best" tends to be a subjective relative term so my suggestion it to pick a distro you're most comfortable with and see if it's supported and use that.  Keep in mind that while a given Linux Host OS may be said to be officially supported this is usually meant with the original release kernel, possibly some updates, however eventually if one keep upgrading kernels to the latest there may be issues which may require third party patches before VMware adds support for the latest kernels.  It's pretty much always been a catch up game for VMware to support the latest kernels as they are released.  Although I believe they have been working on this to keep up with the kernel release however it's not an easy process as things are constantly changing.

[piggyz]

I do agree with this reply and I add this: it is long time I do use Wheezy as a guest OS and it works perfectly fine, upgraded to the last day by day, and with completely functionality for Tools.