Supported host operating systems for Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x,25H2 and VMware Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x, 25H2
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Issue/Introduction
This article lists the supported host operating systems for Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x,25H2 and VMware Workstation Pro 16.x, 17.x, 25H2
Environment
- 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 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 and Workstation Player 16.x, 17.x,25H2
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 |
| 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) |
| 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) | |
| 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 10 Stream | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until CentOS 10 Stream with Kernel version 6.12.0) |
| 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) |
| Centos | CentOS 7.x | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - |
| Debian | Debian 13.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Debian 13.0 with Kernel version 6.12.38) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Microsoft | Windows Server 2022 | - | - | - | 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 |
| Microsoft | Windows 11 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft | Windows 8.1 - Update 3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | - | - | - | - |
| 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 10.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yes (Supported until Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 with Kernel version 6.12.0-55.9.1.el10_0.x86_64) |
| 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) |
| 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 15 SP7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 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 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 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) |
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