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Access Android Emulator running on host machine (mac) from Vmware fusion 12.2.1 (Linux)

I am trying to run an Android Emulator on my host machine which is a Mac OS and connect to it from my Vmware fusion guest machine which is a Linux. I tried all network configurations and also tried to ...
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Screenshotting Linux VM in Mac

I am running VMware fusion on my Macbook Pro to run a Kali Linux VM. The OS for my Macbook is Mojave. Whenever I am in my VM and try to take a screenshot of a window , usually being my terminal (...
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How can I correct two-finger scrolling on a Linux VM under OSX?

An earlier poster posted some of my concern at https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/235029/in-terminal-how-to-exit-the-two-fingers-history-scrolling-mode, and I am grateful; I now know how to get ...
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Setting access rights when using shared folders with vmware fusion

I have CentOS 6.5 minimal guest, and OSX Mavericks 10.9 host. The player is VMWare Fusion. I want to edit files on host and run them on guest. I am trying to use shared folders to achieve this. A ...
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OS X 10.6: Cant unbundle VMWare software with git: does not look like a v2 bundle file [duplicate]

So I am using Mac OS X 10.6.8, I'm trying to download VMWare Player, there was no OS X specific bundle, only linux. I tried to unbundle the 32 bit linux with: jdd:VMWare Me$ git clone VMware-Player-6....
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No /mnt/hgfs in Ubuntu guest under VMWare Fusion

I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 inside of VMware Fusion Pro 5. I have the virtual machine configured for read-only sharing of my home directory, but there's no /mnt/hgfs directory and there's no /etc/...
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How to enable the super key when running linux in a virtual machine in OSX

I'm running Linux inside VMware in OSX. I want to use gnome-do. The shortcut key to call it is super+space. But that doesn't work when running inside VMware on OSX. How can I enable to super key to ...
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What is the recommended Mac desktop VM software for Linux guests?

(This question was originally posted at Server Fault, but Super User seems a more appropriate place to ask.) I use a MacBook Pro as my primary machine, but my work targets Linux servers. I'm ...
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Address VMWare Fusion Linux guest by hostname?

I have a Ubuntu Server 9.04 image set up in VMWare Fusion 3.0.0, using the NAT option for the guest's network connection. From the Mac host, I can ssh to the linux guest just fine using it's IP ...
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