• Virtualization
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• 27th March 2018

How to install open-vm-tools (Open Virtual Machine Tools)

VMware recommends using open-vm-tools instead of VMware tools as outlined in this article. The benefits of using open-vm-tools include improved stability as the package is optimized for each distribution, automatic updates smaller footprint. Installing open-vm-tools on Debian Linux is very easy, just install the package using apt-get and [...]

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• Virtualization
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• 27th March 2018

How to install VMware tools

Please note that VMware recommends using open-vm-tools instead of VMware tools as outlined in this article. The benefits of using open-vm-tools include improved stability as the package is optimized for each distribution, automatic updates smaller footprint. You can find a tutorial on installing open-vm-tools on Debian Tutorials: How to [...]

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