This may be simply because it's easier for the user (they are just included in the distro), but I believe it is also because they offer the core features used most commonly. VMware officially recommends open-vm-tools for distributions which provide these tools. For an overview of open-vm-tools, check out the official github repo, or their knowledgebase. However, this does not mean they offer the same functionality. Open-vm-tools are the opensource version of VMware's proprietary VMware Tools. If you can find one, or can point out specific features missing in open-vm-tools, I'd love to hear about them.) (I've been unable to find a direct open-vm-tools to VMware Tools feature comparison chart. These tools offer a shared clipboard, (at least some) mouse events, and an enhanced display - although I'm not sure if they address every feature you might be using. If you are suggesting replacing VMware Tools, is this package whose name suggests mainly support for shared folders a replacement for all of VMware Tools functionality?open-vm-tools are the opensource version of VMware's proprietary VMware Tools. Nowadays, systemd mounting is so varied it's harder to trace), so likely can be a very simple configuration modification. If this new package for shared folders lacks other VMware Tools functionality, is it instead intended to be installed side by side with VMware tools?Īs for auto-mounting, if you haven't already discovered VMware somewhat uniquely uses a systemd mount service (was easier to see in earlier systemd. Are there any other differences? There have been opinions in the long ago past that FUSE does not perform as well as native kernel file systems, but maybe that could have only been because of implementation? Is there an advantage to this FUSE approach, in my mind it suggests a possibly simpler implementation that does not require compiling kernel modules that fit the running kernel.
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In particular, for about 3 mths now, video display auto-fit, aka auto resize when the window size changes like going to full screen has been broken for 13.2. If you are suggesting replacing VMware Tools, is this package whose name suggests mainly support for shared folders a replacement for all of VMware Tools functionality?Īlso, have you tested video on all versions? VMware Tools also provides extended support for mouse events, a shared clipboard, enhanced display, extended support for a variety of I/O devices and a virtual keyboard off the top of my head. VMware tools is much more than just the shared file system which has almost universally been implemented using the Plan 9 protocol, this new FUSE approach sounds like a significant departure.
I'll check out this new implementation as I have time. Thanks for your post which has significant importance.
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A requirement you have to manually install is the legacy network tools mlatimer I recommend running TW as any kind of virtualization Host unless you're willing to deal with this kind of issue regularly. Even other stable openSUSE will break from time to time, but expect a particularly difficult life using TW.
Or, modify whatever scripts you use to install a specific version of patched tools. Report any problems and wait a week or two. Although this project is actively maintained, TW is a rolling release which often implements changes before anyone else which will break the patches in this project. This is an old thread that is obsolete since approx June 2015 Open-VM-Tools was published on Github and fully implemented as the sole option replacing commercial (proprietary) Tools published by VMware.ĭo not use the so-called official project at
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