VMWare

I think I will only use VMWare for Windows installs. If I want to use Linux, I can just spin up QEMU/KVM or VirtualBox.

Do not forget to load the drivers:

# modprobe -a vmw_vmci vmmon

Issues

Could not connect 'Ethernet0' to virtual network '/dev/vmnet1'. More information can be found in the vmware.log file.

Error

...
2025-04-28T16:47:11.384Z In(05) vcpu-0 VNET: MACVNetPortOpenDevice: Ethernet0: can't open vmnet device (No such file or directory)
2025-04-28T16:47:11.385Z In(05) vcpu-0 VNET: MACVNetPort_Connect: Ethernet0: can't open data fd
2025-04-28T16:47:11.385Z In(05) vcpu-0 [msg.vnet.connectvnet] Could not connect 'Ethernet0' to virtual network '/dev/vmnet1'. More information can be found in the vmware.log file.
2025-04-28T16:47:11.385Z In(05) vcpu-0 [msg.device.startdisconnected] Virtual device 'Ethernet0' will start disconnected.
...

Fix

systemctl restart vmware-networks.service

Workstation Pro 17 License Keys (no longer relevant)

Number	Keys
1	`MC60H-DWHD5-H80U9-6V85M-8280D`
2	`4A4RR-813DK-M81A9-4U35H-06KND`
3	`NZ4RR-FTK5H-H81C1-Q30QH-1V2LA`
4	`JU090-6039P-08409-8J0QH-2YR7F`
5	`4Y09U-AJK97-089Z0-A3054-83KLA`
6	`4C21U-2KK9Q-M8130-4V2QH-CF810`
7	`HY45K-8KK96-MJ8E0-0UCQ4-0UH72`
8	`JC0D8-F93E4-HJ9Q9-088N6-96A7F`
9	`NG0RK-2DK9L-HJDF8-1LAXP-1ARQ0`
10	`0U2J0-2E19P-HJEX1-132Q2-8AKK6`

This was taken from Github. Or maybe the original is from https://gist.github.com/PurpleVibe32/30a802c3c8ec902e1487024cdea26251.