Supported host operating systems for Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x,25H2, 26H1 and VMware Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x, 25H2, 26H1
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Issue/Introduction
This article lists the supported host operating systems for Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x, 25H2, 26H1 and VMware Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x, 25H2 , 26H1
Environment
- VMware Workstation Pro 26H1 (Windows and Linux)
- VMware Workstation Pro 25H2 (Windows and Linux)
- VMware Workstation Pro 17.x (Windows and Linux)
- VMware Workstation Pro 16.x (Windows and Linux)
- VMware Workstation Player 26H1 (Windows and Linux)
- VMware Workstation Player 25H2 (Windows and Linux)
- VMware Workstation Player 17.x (Windows and Linux)
- VMware Workstation Player 16.x (Windows and Linux)
Resolution
The below table lists the supported host operating systems for VMware Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x, 25H2, 26H1 and Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x, 25H2, 26H1
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 25H2 | Workstation 26H1 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 26.04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Ubuntu 26.04 with Kernel version 7.0.0-14-generic) |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 24.04 | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Ubuntu 24.04 with Kernel version 6.8.0-40-generic) | Yes (Supported until Ubuntu 24.04.3 with Kernel version 6.14.0-28-generic) | Yes (Supported until Ubuntu 24.04.4 with Kernel version 6.17.0-22-generic) |
| Canonical | Ubuntu 22.04 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Supported until Ubuntu 22.04.6 with Kernel version 6.5) | Yes (Supported until Ubuntu 22.04.5 with Kernel version 6.8.0-40-generic) | - |
| 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 6.8.0-40-generic) | Yes (Supported until Linux Mint 22 with Kernel version 6.8.0-38-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) | Yes (Supported until Linux Mint 21 with Kernel version 5.15.0-41-generic) | |
| Linux Mint 20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | |
| Centos | CentOS 10 Stream | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until CentOS 10 Stream with Kernel version 6.12.0) | Yes (Supported until CentOS 10 Stream with Kernel version 6.12.0-218.el10.x86_64) |
| Centos | CentOS 9 Stream | - | - | - | - | - | ? (Supported until CentOS 9 with Kernel version 5.14.0-432) | Yes (Supported until CentOS 9 Stream with Kernel version 5.14.0-573.el9) | Yes (Supported until CentOS 9 Stream with Kernel version 5.14.0-691.el9.x86_64) |
| Centos | CentOS 7.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - |
| Debian | Debian 13.x | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Debian 13.0 with Kernel version 6.12.38) | Yes (Supported until Debian 13.x with Kernel version 6.12.73+deb13-amd64) |
| Debian | Debian 12.x | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes (Supported until Debian 12.6 with Kernel version 6.1.0-22-amd64) | Yes (Supported until Debian 12.x with Kernel version 6.1.0-39-amd64) | Yes (Supported until Debian 12.x with Kernel version 6.1.0-42-amd64) |
| Debian | Debian 11.x | - | - | - | Yes | 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 2025 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2022 | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2019 | 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 | Yes (Supported on Windows 10 20H1 or later.) |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 - Update 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - | - |
| Red Hat | Fedora 44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Fedora 44 Beta with Kernel version 6.19.9-300.fc44.x86_64) |
| Red Hat | Fedora 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Fedora 43 with Kernel version 6.19.8-200.fc43.x86_64) |
| Red Hat | Fedora 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Fedora 42 with Kernel version 6.14.0-63.fc42.x86_64) | - |
| Red Hat | Fedora 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Fedora 41 with Kernel version 6.11.4-301.fc41.x86_64) | - |
| Red Hat | Fedora 40 | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Fedora 40 with Kernel version 6.8.9) | - | - |
| Red Hat | Fedora 39 | - | - | - | - | Yes | 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 10.x | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 with Kernel version 6.12.0-55.9.1.el10_0.x86_64) | Yes (Supported until Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.x with Kernel version 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1.x86_74) |
| 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x with Kernel version 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6.x86_64) | Yes (Supported until Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x with Kernel version 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7.x86_64) |
| 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) | - | - |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until SUSE Linux Enterprise 16.0 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150700.51-default) |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150700.51-default) | Yes (Supported until SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150700.51-default) |
| 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 SP7 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 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 16.0 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150700.51-default) |
| SUSE | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server/Desktop 12 SP5 | - | - | - | Yes | Yes | 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 16.x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until OpenSUSE 15.6 with Kernel version 6.12.0-160000.26-default) |
| SUSE | openSUSE 15.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes
| 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) | Yes (Supported until OpenSUSE 15.6 with Kernel version 6.4.0-150600.21-default) |
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