VMware Workstation Pro

What's new in this version:

Better audio performance and compatibility with certain USB audio/video devices:
- The compatibility and performance of USB audio and video devices with virtual machines has been improved.

USB devices can be connected to the Linux RHEL 5 guest operating system:
- Resolved an issue that prevents a USB device from being connected to Linux RHEL 5 guest operating system.

Windows 8.1 Update 1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are supported as guest operating system through easy install:
- Easy installation option supports Windows 8.1 Update 1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 as a guest operating system.

OpenSUSE 13.1 is officially supported as a host operating system:
- OpenSUSE 13.1 is now supported as a host operating system.

Blueray drives can burn CDs when connected to the virtual machine:
- Resolved an issue causing burning CDs with Blueray drives to fail while connected to the virtual machine.

Using Microsoft Word and Excel in unity mode no longer produces a beep:
- Resolved an issue that caused using Microsoft Word and Excel in unity mode causes a beep.
The UAC dialog of the Windows 8 virtual machine no longer causes the host application windows to be blanked out on Linux Host.
- Resolved an issue causing host application windows to be blanked out in the UAC dialog on the Linux host of the Windows 8 virtual machine.

The sound card can be automatically added to a virtual machine on a Linux host at power up:
- Resolved an issue that prevented the Sound Card from being automatically added to the VM when powering on the virtual machine on a Linux host.

Windows 8.1 guest operating system no longer display a black screen when launching Metro style applications from the launch menu:
- Resolved an issue that could cause a Windows 8.1 guest operating system to display a black screen when launching Metro style applications in the launch menu.

Hotkeys can be used in the Preference dialog in KVM mode:
- Resolved a hotkey conflict in the Preference dialog of the KVM mode.

Improved compatibility of GL renderer with new Nvidia drivers:
- Resolved a compatibility issue of GL renderer with some new Nvidia drivers.

Improved graphics quality with Solidworks applications:
- Resolved graphics errors with for Solidworks applications.

Virtual machines imported from a physical PC no longer crash on startup:
- Resolved an issue causing virtual machines imported from a physical PC to crash on startup.

Reading and writing to a file using two threads with a shared folder has been improved:
- Resolved an issue about shared folder when the user read and write file using two threads.

Linux virtual machines access updated contents when using shared folders:
- Resolved an issue that caused Linux virtual machines to see stale file contents when using shared folders.

Improved performance of the virtual machine using the E1000e adapter:
- Resolved the virtual machine performance issues when using the E1000e adapter.

Workstation now launches on Ubuntu 14.04:
- Resolved an issue preventing Workstation from starting on Ubuntu 14.04.