Not my recioe , I just reformatted it for uNumberSpace <| sep |> One is a proprietary hypervisor , and a stems from professional , commercial software . The other is an open source alternative that runs on all platforms . Think Adobe Photoshop vs Gimp . Both are powerful , both are good and very mature products . However , I think overall you might find Workstation Player to be a little lighter on resources , more stable , a few more features and in a number of cases a bit faster too . On a final note as you said you are new to Linux , in most modern distros , install these two packages after an initial updateupgrade openvmtools openvmtoolsdesktopOnce installed , logout or just reboot and you should find resizing the hypervisor will fit the guest OS correctly . Not getting this to work is a pain , and will potentially infuriate you trying to find the modern answer .