vSphere ESX 4.0: 450 Guest OSes Supported

VMware's support for a wide array of x86-based operating systems is one of its strengths. As cloud computing promises the "universal" import and export of application environments, we decided to compile a list of vSphere's guest operating system compatibility in a bit more "friendly" fashion than the on-line guide.

Here's the list as of today:

16-bit Operating Systems (1)
Microsoft		MS-DOS 6.22

32-bit Operating Systems (252)
Asianux		Asianux 3.0 SP1 Server, Asianux 3.0 Server
Canonical		Ubuntu 7.04 Desktop, Ubuntu 7.04 Server, Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop, Ubuntu 7.10 Server, Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop, Ubuntu 8.04 JeOS, Ubuntu 8.04 Server, Ubuntu 8.04.1 Desktop, Ubuntu 8.04.1 JeOS, Ubuntu 8.04.1 Server, Ubuntu 8.04.2 Desktop, Ubuntu 8.04.2 JeOS, Ubuntu 8.04.2 Server, Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop, Ubuntu 8.10 Server
CentOS		CentOS 4.5, CentOS 4.6, CentOS 4.7, CentOS 4.8, CentOS 5.0, CentOS 5.1, CentOS 5.2, CentOS 5.3, CentOS 5.4
Debian		Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r3, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r4, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r5, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r6, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r7, Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
FreeBSD		FreeBSD 6.3, FreeBSD 6.4, FreeBSD 7.0, FreeBSD 7.1
IBM		OS/2 Warp 4.0, OS/2 Warp Server for e-Business 4.5.2