Im running 13.04 Desktop and do this often with VirtualBox, whereby I run multiple instances at the same time.

One never is able to get back to interface in home state where you can choose the machine while a machine is running.

After some experimentation, I did discover that one can do an ALTF2 and type in vmplayer and get to the machine picker mode.

I think I just need to create launchers specific to my machines.

Workstation, will install Player, but also a tool called vmrun.

Since I needed at least 2 Guests, the way I opened multiple VMs with VMWare was to simply middle click the VMWare icon on the Launcher or simply open another VMWare in dash.

Big difference when compared to VirtualBox for example where the main window stays independent of how many VMs you end up running (I have tested at least 8 VMs at the same time).

So you need to open an additional VMWare Player for each VM you wish to run.

To make this less annoying, do the key combination backwards, like ALT CTRL.

So if you are running one VM, you can easily choose between VirtualBox or VMWare Player, but if you are looking into creating a virtual network on guest VMs, VMWare Player would not be recommended over VirtualBox.

In my particular case, I would rather wait until VirtualBox has correct support for Ubuntu 14.10 than having to stay with VMWare Player.

It did work for me as you suggested with the mouse scroll button.

I was also able to communicate two VMs both in bridged mode as well as in NAT mode.

VMware Player includes features that enable users to create and configure their own virtual machines for optimal performance and access any devices connected to their PC.

VMware Player makes it quick and easy to take advantage of the security, flexibility, and portability of virtual machines.

It also says that you can run multiple OSs with it at the same time.

If youre running multiple OSs with VMware, put that in your answer, and describe how its done THAT would make a great answer.

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