Home labs and bare bones test rigs matter so Broadcom’s back in the game
VMware revives its free ESXi hypervisor
Submitted 1 week ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/14/vmware_free_esxi_returns/
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
My primary reason for using free ESXi has been career development. VMware was the biggest player at all of the biggest potential employers, so it made sense to be familiar with.
These days, they’re all looking to jump ship. Some are actively migrating, others won’t get there at all.
But all of them now value experience in alternatives at least as much, if not more than VMware.
I’m still using free ESXi, but the next time I rebuild (i.e. new hardware), it will not be ESXi.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
Too late broadcom. You are literal.garbage, I hate dealing with your company, y’all are ignorant, don’t give a shot, stupidly expensive and have way too many hurdles and shit for no reason.
HyperV or anything else.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Hyper-V is a pain in the ass plus you are stuck with Microsoft and Microsoft support.