[German]VMware by Broadcom has released VMware Tools 12.5.0 for its virtualization platform VMware Workstation version 17.6 on October 8, 2024.
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I came across the following tweet – you can read the release notes here. As of version 12.5.0, VMware Tools only supports Windows 64-bit guest operating systems. In addition, there is probably native support for Windows Arm64 in the VMware Tools Windows installation program.
VMware mentions the following updates:
- The OpenSSL version has been updated to 3.0.14
- The libxml2 version has been updated to 2.13.3
- The xmlsec version has been updated to 1.3.5
- The WDDM driver supports OpenGL 4.5 software rendering when 3D acceleration is disabled.
The details can be found in the release notes. The whole thing has a flavor: In the past it was my experience that the VMware Tools could be updated in the VMware product. VMware Tools version 12.5.0 can now only be downloaded from the Broadcom portal after a user login.
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