It’s not as full featured as VMware, but it’s free, will work with current Linux releases, runs ARM Linux well (as it is virtualizing not emulating), and does not have the issue (it did have the issue, but the developers fixed it quickly). Don’t apply kernel updates until VMware addresses the issue. For example, installing Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS with the procedure in the above document works.

Install from a distribution’s installer that was built before March 2022.

There are workarounds until that happens or if you need something today: We are expecting/hoping that an upcoming update to the Tech Preview (hinted by VMware to be in July) will address this issue. With Easy Install VMWare Player will automatically install Ubuntu and VMWare. VMware has not released a fix tor this issue yet. Ensure This Operating System will use Easy Install is shown. The Linux changes have been rolled out to almost all current Linux distributions as security updates, so almost all current installers will have this problem. These changes render those kernels unbootable on the Tech Preview due to a VMware issue. The Linux kernel developers introduced changes in the kernel to address the security issues on Intel and ARM CPUs that were disclosed in March 2022. Known issue, this has been discussed many times in this forum and a search here would have saved you a posting.

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