VMware是全球台式电脑及资料中心虚拟化解决方案的领导厂商。VMWare Workstation是该公司出品的“虚拟 PC”软件（即：大家常说的“虚拟机”），通过它可在一台电脑上同时运行更多的Microsoft Windows、Linux、Mac OS X、DOS系统。自 9.0.0 Build 812388开始，支持对于 Windows 8 的安装。

虚拟机软件VMware Workstation今日发布了新版本15.5。VMware Workstation是VMware出品的一款桌面虚拟计算软件，使计算机可以同时虚拟运行多个不同的操作系统，有Windows、Linux两个平台的版本。

VMware Workstation版本已从15.1升级至15.5。VMware Workstation Player为免费版，体积小巧功能简单；VMware Workstation Pro为付费版，提供了快照等更全面的虚拟机功能。

VMware Workstation 15.5 Pro发布文档（暂无中文版）主要部分如下：

Support for new guest operating systems:

Windows 10 19H2

Debian 10.0/10.1

Debian 9.11

Oracle Linux 8.0

SLE 15 SP1

FreeBSD 12.0

PhotonOS 3.0

Jumbo frame support: Virtual networks can now be configured with MTU size of up to 9000 bytes.

Preserve Network Configuration: Network settings are now preserved after upgrades. You can also import and export your network configurations.

Multiple display shortcut key: You can now quickly adjust the VM display layout with a new keyboard shortcut.

PVSCI device support: PVSCSI adapter is now officially supported by Workstation, which enhances the compatibility for VMs migration between Workstation and vSphere.

Open VM Tools is the default VMware Tools for applicable Linux virtual machine.

Workstation 15.5 Pro addresses the use-after-free and denial-of-service vulnerabilities. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the following IDs to these issues :

CVE-2019-5527 (use-after-free )

CVE-2019-5535 (denial-of-service)

Pro下载链接：

https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-pro/workstation-pro-evaluation.html

Player下载链接：

https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html