Upcoming bad news for VMware users, FYI

[dibl]

I think you are still on a 3.xx kernel compiled with gcc 4.9 on Kubuntu 15.04, right? FYI, as soon as you upgrade to a kernel compiled with gcc 5.1, you will be finished running VMware until their developers update the module compiler and release a new version. I would suppose the newer compiler and kernel will come to Kubuntu with the 15.10 release.

Here is more about the problem:

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/511644

[SteveRiley]

VMware's code is always so fragile and brittle. I can't think of any more evidence to this fact than that compiling with a certain version of GCC causes such havoc.

Meanwhile, Virtualbox never seems to exhibit these problems. What I'd really like to see is a nice Qt/KDE GUI that integrates well with KVM and libvirt.

[dibl]

VMware's code is always so fragile and brittle.

So true.

Meanwhile, Virtualbox never seems to exhibit these problems. What I'd really like to see is a nice Qt/KDE GUI that integrates well with KVM and libvirt.

Yep. Last weekend I started down the path of converting my 30G win8.vmdk virtual disk to one for vbox. I ran out of time before I ran out of kubuki moves to get it done. It was faster and easier just to throw a spare hdd into my desktop rig and install Debian 8 on it, and then set up VMware (and skype, etc.). I have no doubt the VMware devs will eventually get around to catching up with Linux, but this is the second time I find myself (with Debian unstable) orphaned and resorting to semi-desperate measures to keep my Windows VM operational.

[MoonRise]

All I've ever used is Virtualbox. Note one issue ever. But now that I say that!!