There doesn't seem to be a lot of effort in creating new features for the 5.5 version of VMware Workstation, after all, why bother with 6.0 on the horizon. On the other hand, VMware doesn't seem content with its list of supported host and guest operating systems for the Workstation 5.5 product, as it announced a new dot release - 5.5.3.

Updated Support for Host Operating Systems

Workstation 5.5.3 adds support for the following host operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, Update 4 (AS, ES, WS), 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, Update 8 (AS, ES, WS), 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Experimental support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Mandriva Corporate Server 4, 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Experimental support for Mandriva Linux 2007, 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Experimental support for Ubuntu Linux 6.10, 32-bit and 64-bit
  

Updated Support for Guest Operating Systems

Workstation 5.5.3 adds support for the following guest operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, Update 4 (AS, ES, WS), 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0, Update 8 (AS, ES, WS), 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Experimental support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0, 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Experimental enhanced support for Microsoft Windows Vista, 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Mandriva Corporate Server 4, 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Experimental support for Mandriva Linux 2007, 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Experimental support for Solaris x86 10 6/06 (Update 2), 32-bit and 64-bit
  
• Experimental support for Ubuntu Linux 6.10, 32-bit and 64-bit
  

Posted by David Marshall on November 21, 2006 05:54 PM