What is a guest operating system? | VMware Player#
https://geek-university.com/vmware-player/what-is-a-guest-operating-systemA guest operating system can be different from the host operating system (for example, you can run a Linux distribution in VMware Player installed on a Windows machine). Many guest operating systems are supported by VMware Player, such as Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Solaris, Debian, CentOS, SUSE, …