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<noinclude>[[Category:Virtual machine or platform emulator]]</noinclude>

<noinclude>[[Category:Virtual machine or platform emulator]]</noinclude>

[[wikipedia:VMware|VMware]] (Workstation, Player, Server) is a commercial, "non-free", virtualization system that emulates hardware resources allowing one computer to host a number of x86 architecture-compatible operating systems. The Player and Server versions are distributed free of charge (gratis). It runs on either Win32 or Linux host machines, allowing one to run Sugar images within the virtual machine. A Mac version is also available, VMWare Fusion, however this is not provided free of charge. A free 30-day evaluation is available, and free licenses are [http://www.vmware.com/partners/academic/ available] for academic instruction and research use.

[[wikipedia:VMware|VMware]] (Workstation, Player, Server) is a commercial, "non-free", virtualization system that emulates hardware resources allowing one computer to host a number of x86 architecture-compatible operating systems. The Player and Server versions are distributed free of charge (gratis). It runs on either Win32 or Linux host machines, allowing one to run Sugar images within the virtual machine. A Mac version is also available, VMware Fusion, however this is not provided free of charge. A free 30-day evaluation is available, and free licenses are [http://www.vmware.com/partners/academic/ available] for academic instruction and research use.

Software applications, such as the Sugar platform, may be deployed as VMware Virtual Appliances, which are  one or more virtual machines pre-built, packaged, installed, updated, maintained, and managed as a unit.

Software applications, such as the Sugar platform, may be deployed as VMware Virtual Appliances, which are  one or more virtual machines pre-built, packaged, installed, updated, maintained, and managed as a unit.