There's an exception, though: The kernel modules. As usual, the problem doesn't exist on a Windows host (or guest, for that matter), but you've got to know how to deal with it on a Linux host. VMWare depends on a number of kernel modules, for example vmnet.o, which creates the virtual network interfaces. In theory, these modules are delivered as part of the VMWare distribution for a variety of Linux distributions. In practice, I am unaware of any example, where these precompiled modules could been used: I always needed to compile them for myself.
Ok, that's not too much trouble (at least not, if you've been able to obtain the right patch for your system, typically after a lot of Googling), basically all you need to do is to run vmware-config.pl (on the host) or vmware-config-tools.pl. However, one problem is still left: The procedure of recompiling the modules needs to happen after any Kernel upgrade again.
But here's a solution: An init-script, which is invoked before VMWare starts upon every reboot. The script checks, whether there are modules matching the running kernel. If not, vmware-config.pl is invoked with the necessary options for batch mode.
To install it, download the script here. Store it as
/etc/init.d/vmware-kernel-modules. On Fedora-Linux, create the necessary links by running /sbin/chkconfig --add vmware-kernel-modules. On other distributions, this must be done manually.
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