Release: VMware Workstation 5.5.3

As fast as wind VMware released a minor update for its most popular product, Workstation, mainly to revamp experimental support for Windows Vista, now available as RTM for MSDN subscribers.


The new release (build 34685) also introduces support for several other host and guest OSes:

Host OSes

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, Update 4 (AS, ES, WS), 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, Update 8 (AS, ES, WS), 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 32-bit and 64-bit (experimental)
  • Mandriva Corporate Server 4, 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Mandriva Linux 2007, 32-bit and 64-bit (experimental)
  • Ubuntu Linux 6.10, 32-bit and 64-bit (experimental)

Guest OSes

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, Update 4 (AS, ES, WS), 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, Update 8 (AS, ES, WS), 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 32-bit and 64-bit (experimental)
  • Mandriva Corporate Server 4, 32-bit and 64-bit
  • Mandriva Linux 2007, 32-bit and 64-bit (experimental)
  • Ubuntu Linux 6.10, 32-bit and 64-bit (experimental)
  • Solaris x86 10 6/06 (Update 2), 32-bit and 64-bit (experimental)

Download it here.

Official support for Vista is expected with the release of Workstation 6, planned for early 2007.