: Includes the core hypervisor and VMware Tools for guest OS performance.
: The "Lite" moniker often implied it could be installed on systems with lower RAM or disk space than the standard version typically required at the time. Features of the 8.0.4 Base Release Released on June 14, 2012 : Includes the core hypervisor and VMware Tools
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“alexagf, you are a magician. Works on Atom netbook.” “Removes all the cloud crap and auto-update. Just the kernel.” “Warning: does not like newer CPUs. Perfect for old hardware.” Works on Atom netbook
VMware Workstation 8.0.4 is from 2012. It contains numerous known vulnerabilities affecting both the host and guest systems. Malicious software inside a VM could potentially "escape" to your host OS using these decade-old exploits. The fact that this is a repack (modified by an anonymous third party) adds another layer of risk: unidentified binaries could contain modern malware injected after the fact. 2012 It typed by itself: “alexagf
Official support for guests like Ubuntu 11.10 and fixes for Linux kernel 2.6.34+ IPv6 ping issues.