Select the guest operating system that will run in the virtual machine.
The set of guest operating systems displayed are those supported by VMware. Select an operating system from this list which is closest to the operating system you are going to run in the virtual machine. The operating system choice is used to name the virtual machine, and to select the amount of memory with which to configure the virtual machine.Guest operating systems that are not listed may also run, but may not be officially supported by VMware. If you choose to run an unsupported guest operating system, choose the Other option. Consult our Web site for the most recent list of supported and unsupported guest operating systems.