VMware: OS Specific Packages(vmtools)

Found out via twitter early this AM (@jtroyer) that VMware is now releasing OS specific packages.  This means that you can now get VMware tools natively packaged for the following:

* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (including GA and Update Releases 1 through 7)
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (including GA and Update Releases 1 and 2)
* Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 (including GA and Service Pack releases 1 through 4)
* Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (including GA and Service Pack releases 1 and 2)
* Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (including GA and Update Release 8.04.1)

Supported platforms:
* ESX 3.5 U2 – Build Number 110268
* ESX 3.5 U3 – Build Number 123630

More information can be found here:

http://www.vmware.com/download/packages.html

Also reporting on this:

http://virtualfuture.info/2008/12/vmware-releases-osps/