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When comparing QEMU vs VMWare player, the Slant community recommends QEMU for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop virtualization solutions?” QEMU is ranked 1st while VMWare player is ranked 6th.
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PlatformsWindows, Linux, Mac
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Pros
Pro Near-native performance
Pro Free and open source
QEMU is available for free with source code available here.
Pro Can do snapshots
QEMU is capable of taking whole-system snapshots and writing them to a backing file.
Pro 3D graphic support
Not sure about games but WebGL works ok.
Pro Works well and fast with Windows host and Linux guest
Pro Microsoft VM support
Also supports Microsoft Virtual Server virtual machines or Microsoft Virtual PC virtual machines.
Pro User friendly
Somewhat more user friendly than VirtualBox.
Cons
Con No official GUI
Con Not open source
Which means having to install their intrusive tools manually on guest linux vms.