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Virtualisation choices on Linux are, as I’m sure you’re know, varied – even more so since VMware made its Workstation Pro software entirely free to download and use on Windows and Linux, even for commercial purposes, no license key needed. This week, VMware Workstation Pro on Windows and Linux, and its macOS counterpart VMware Fusion, received an update with critical security fixes and a remedy to an issue affecting the (useful) Snapshots feature. VMware Workstation Pro 17.6.4 patches four critical security vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-41236, CVE-2025-41237, CVE-2025-41238, and CVE-2025-41239) and include a fix a fifth flaw filed under ‘moderate’ severity. The critical issues […]
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