[Info-vax] Broadcom ends availablility of the free edition ESXi Hypervisor

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 2/12/2024 12:42 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
> For those of you using the free ESXi Hypervisor to run VMS on x86-64,
> be aware Broadcom have now removed the free edition download:
> 
> https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2107518?lang=en_US
> 
>  From that document:
> 
> |Along with the termination of perpetual licensing, Broadcom has also
> |decided to discontinue the Free ESXi Hypervisor, marking it as EOGA (End
> |of General Availability).
> 
> Simon.
> 

So as a Hobbyist/casual user of OpenVMS, which virtualization platform would you switch to if leaving VMWare?  Oracle's VirtualBox or a KVM derivative?  Why?  Something that runs on Linux, hopefully, rather than Windows based.

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John H. Reinhardt