How-to Install VMWare Tools on Linux/Unix Distros

VMware Tools Linux Installation Guides

This Article Presents a List of Links to Step-by-Step Guides for the VMWare Tools Installation on GNU/Linux and Unix Distributions.

And VMware Tools for Linux Clients Enhances the performance of a virtual machine and makes possible many of the ease-of-use features in VMware products.

For example, the following Features are available when the VMware Tools are installed:

• Significantly faster graphics performance and Windows Aero on operating systems that support Aero
• Copying and pasting text, graphics, and files between the virtual machine and the host or client desktop
• Improved mouse performance
• Synchronization of the clock in the virtual machine with the clock on the host or client desktop
• Scripting that helps automate guest operating system operations