VMware’s ESXi is apparently based on the linux kernel. There is a lawsuit about this because the linux kernel is under GPL v2. Here is a comparison between a system using a complete linux kernel and a system with VMware ESXi.
Does VMware use Linux?
VMware Workstation runs on standard x86-based hardware with 64-bit Intel and AMD processors, and on 64-bit Windows or Linux host operating systems.
Is ESXi Linux based?
The answer to this question is a clear No, because ESXi is not built upon the Linux kernel, but uses an own VMware proprietary kernel (the VMkernel) and software, and it misses most of the applications and components that are commonly found in all Linux distributions.
Is VMware free for Linux?
VMware Workstation Player is an ideal utility for running a single virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC. Organizations use Workstation Player to deliver managed corporate desktops, while students and educators use it for learning and training. The free version is available for non-commercial, personal and home use.
Which is better VirtualBox or VMware?
VMware vs. Virtual Box: Comprehensive Comparison. … Oracle provides VirtualBox as a hypervisor for running virtual machines (VMs) while VMware provides multiple products for running VMs in different use cases. Both platforms are fast, reliable, and include a wide array of interesting features.
Is VMware a operating system?
VMWare is NOT an operating system – they are the company that develop the ESX/ESXi/vSphere/vCentre Server packages. It’s not linux and, if you believe VMWare, it is not based on linux.
Is KVM better than VMware?
KVM clearly wins over VMware on the basis of cost. KVM is open source, so it doesn’t incur any additional cost to the user. It’s also distributed in a variety of ways, often as part of an open-source OS. VMware charges a license fee to use its products, including ESXi.
Why KVM is winning over VMware?
KVM is winning over VMware vSphere because it has significant advantages. Advantages that include being open source, noticeably better performance, better scalability, significantly better hardware resource utilization, much lower licensing and support costs, and even lower TCO.
What is the difference between KVM and VMware?
VMware is an actual Type 1 hypervisor that runs on the bare-metal server hardware, increasing the performance of the tool over Type 2 hypervisors. KVM is technically a Type 2 hypervisor, as it runs on the Linux kernel, but it acts as though it is running on the bare-metal server like a Type 1 hypervisor.
Is VMkernel Linux?
The fact that the system is linux ELF compatible and can load modified Linux drivers means that the VMkernel is BASED ON the linux kernel, albeit one that is now proprietary to VMware.
What language is ESXi?
The VMware ESX/ESXi hypervisor, kernel, and device drivers are written in C. The management layers are generally written in C++, but there is a lot of C. Plus there are a lot of of bash, perl, and python scripts.