Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x and Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x
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Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x and Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x

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Article ID: 315653

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Products

VMware Desktop Hypervisor VMware Workstation Pro VMware Workstation 17.x Pro (for Windows) VMware Workstation 16.x Pro (for Windows)

Issue/Introduction

This article lists the supported host operating systems for VMware Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x, and Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x.

Environment

  • VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Windows)
  • VMware Workstation Player 16.x (Windows)
  • VMware Workstation Player 16.x (Linux)
  • VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Linux)

Resolution

The below table lists the supported host operating systems for VMware Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x and Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x
Note: VMware Workstation Pro 12.x and above only supports 64-bit host operating systems.

Note: For versions earlier to 16.x see Supported host operating systems for Workstation Pro 12.x, 14.x, 15.x
 

OS Vendor OS Release Workstation 16.0 Workstation 16.1.0 Workstation 16.2.x Workstation 17.0 Workstation 17.5

Workstation

17.6

 

Workstation

17.6.x

 

Canonical Ubuntu 24.04 - - - - -

Yes

(Supported until Ubuntu 24.04 with Kernel version 6.8.0-40-generic)

Yes

(Supported until Ubuntu 24.04 with Kernel version 6.8.0-45-generic)

Canonical Ubuntu 22.04 - - Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(Supported until Ubuntu 22.04.6 with Kernel version 6.5)

 

Yes

(Supported until Ubuntu 22.04.6 with Kernel version 6.5)

Canonical Ubuntu 20.10 - Yes Yes - - - -
Canonical Ubuntu 20.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Canonical Ubuntu 18.04 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 Yes Yes Yes - - - -
  Linux Mint 22 - - - - -

Yes

(Supported until Linux Mint 22 with Kernel version 6.8.0-40-generic)

Yes

(Supported until Linux Mint 22 with Kernel version 6.8.0-45-generic)

  Linux Mint 21 - - - Yes Yes

Yes

(Supported until Linux Mint 21 with Kernel version 5.4)

Yes

(Supported until Linux Mint 21 with Kernel version 5.4)

  Linux Mint 20 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Centos CentOS 9 Stream - - - - -

Yes

(Supported until CentOS 9 with Kernel version 5.14.0-432)

Yes

(Supported until CentOS 9 with Kernel version 5.14.0-508)

Centos CentOS 7.x Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Debian Debian 12.x - - - - Yes

Yes

(Supported until Debian 12.6 with Kernel version 6.1.0-22-amd64)

Yes

(Supported until Debian 12.6 with Kernel version 6.1.0-22-amd64)

Debian Debian 11.x - - - Yes Yes

Yes

(Supported until Debian 11.10 with Kernel version 5.10)

Yes

(Supported until Debian 11.10 with Kernel version 5.10)

Debian Debian 10.x Yes Yes Yes Yes - - -
Debian Debian 9.x Yes Yes Yes - - - -
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 - - - Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Microsoft Windows 10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 11 - - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Microsoft Windows 8.1 - Update 3 Yes Yes Yes - - - -
Red Hat Fedora 40 - - - - -

Yes

(Supported until Fedora 40 with Kernel version 6.8.9)

Yes

(Supported until Fedora 40 with Kernel version 6.10.10-200)

Red Hat Fedora 39 - - - - Yes

Yes

(Supported until Fedora 39 with Kernel version 6.5.4)

Yes

(Supported until Fedora 39 with Kernel version 6.5.4)

Red Hat Fedora 38 - - - - Yes - -
Red Hat Fedora 37 - - - - Yes - -
Red Hat Fedora 36 - - - Yes Yes - -
Red Hat Fedora 35 - - - Yes Yes - -
Red Hat Fedora 34 - - - Yes Yes - -
Red Hat Fedora 33 - Yes Yes - - - -
Red Hat Fedora 32 Yes Yes Yes - - - -
Red Hat Fedora 31 Yes Yes Yes - - - -
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x - - - Yes Yes

Yes

(Supported until RHEL 9.4 with Kernel version 5.14.0-427.31.1.el9_4.x86_64 )

Yes

(Supported until RHEL 9.4 with Kernel version 5.14.0-427 )

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x

Yes

(Supported until RHEL 8.2)

 

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes

(Supported until RHEL 8.10 with Kernel version 4.18)

Yes

(Supported until RHEL 8.10 with Kernel version 4.18)

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 - - - - -

Yes

(Supported until SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150600.21-default)

Yes

(Supported until SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150600.21-default)

SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5 - - - - Yes - -
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3 - - - Yes - - -
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise 15.x Yes Yes Yes - - - -
SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop 12 SP5 - - - Yes Yes

Yes

(Supported until SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 with Kernel version 6.4)

Yes

(Supported until SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP5 with Kernel version 6.4)

SUSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop 12 SP3 Yes Yes Yes - - - -
SUSE openSUSE 15.6 - - - - -

Yes

(Supported until OpenSUSE 15.6 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150600.21-default)

Yes

(Supported until OpenSUSE 15.6 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150600.21-default)

SUSE openSUSE 15.5 - - - - Yes - -
SUSE openSUSE 15.3 - - - Yes - - -
SUSE openSUSE 15.x Yes Yes Yes - - - -