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2026-03-10 15:09 UTC
@mayahustle@infosec.exchange What product are you talking about? If you are talking about Workstation, i installed that (v17.6.4) just fine with pretty much almost nothing that had to be done under Debian 13, just a oneliner to get the Linux headers installed for it to run.
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@mayahustle@infosec.exchange 2026-03-10 15:52
VMware workstation was the one I had issues with. I needed to sign the vmnet and vmmon drivers so secure boot wouldn’t reject them. This was the main problem on Debian 13 anyhow. On Kubuntu 24.04, on kernel 6.17, I had that same problem + hiccups building those same modules. (https://www.lucaswilliams.net/index.php/2025/11/25/building-the-vmware-workstation-modules-on-ubuntu-24-04-with-secure-boot-enabled/) I’ve since figured out where I went wrong, but by that point, I already had KVM up and running 🤷♂️ Seeing as I didn’t strictly need VMware, I didn’t see any point in trying it again. But, I wish the VMware installer gave you more of a heads up. Def would have saved me time and headache.