VMWare's desktop hypervisors were announced to be free to use a little while ago: * https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-fusion-and-work

VMWare's desktop hypervisors were announced to be free to use a little while ago: * https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-fusion-and-workstation-are-now-free-for-all-users/ https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/11/11/vmware-... You need to register an account/e-mail address for a free account: * https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumber=145581 https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleNumbe... After which you can download VMware Fusion Pro and/or VMware Workstation Pro: * https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/368667/download-and-license-vmware-desktop-hype.html https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/368667/downl... This seems to be a perpetual licence (?), so as long as it can run on the underlying OS you can continue to use it. Not sure if there's any 'phone home' functionality to track things (like has been seen with Oracle VirtualBox).