Hi All;
I'll try and answer all the questions:
Why are you expecting stability when the host OS you are using is
betaware? Use CentOS as your host OS and you might get better results.
I use Fedora for the eye-candy, and the fact that the stuff I most often
use just works. I understand that it's a beta but I don't want to go to
a centos desktop. Basically I want it all and I want it now, and most of
the time Fedora delivers for me
What VM's do you need, e.g., do you need to run Windows or just linux
VM's? Is there are reason to rule out VirtualBox and lightweight tools
(LXC -- Docker, LXD, etc)?
I run mostly Linux VM's although I do have a couple of mac VM's and one
windows VM for clients that force me to use VPN's that I can only get
running on mac or windows. I'm actually testing virtualbox as we speak.
However I may be stuck with VMware to keep the mac VM's running
- The issue of it breaking every 2-3 kernel updates is a little vague;
though this might simply be the outdatedness of an older instance of
VMware Tools in the VM. Simply keeping VMware Workstation up to date,
and periodically ensuring your VM's get updated (consistent with the
version of VMware Workstation) and that their internal VMware Tools also
get updated will likely reduce the frequency of this problem, again,
assuming it is kernel version to VMware Tools version related.
The current issue is that VMware workstation 12.5 Pro does not start
with kernel 4.9 (the latest update). Luckily I caught it before I
updated my laptop but I see this somewhat often and sometimes there is a
patch and sometimes I just have to wait but I use these VM's for testing
day to day so I need to do what I can to ensure they are running
I know I'm wanting the moon, looking for a possible replacement cause I
want a fully patched laptop and my VM's to work. Just poking around t
see if there is a better plan.
Thanks for all the feedback