But unlike some cutting edge rolling distros and other distributions which store kernel headers in non-standard places, installing VMware products remains simple on Ubuntu, even with the change in init system. Since Ubuntu switched to using systemd from Upstart, installing VMware products on Ubuntu has become a little more complicated, with the necessity of creating two systemd unit files. Although Workstation Player is not as capable as VirtualBox in terms of number of virtual machines it can supervise at once and other maximums, it does offer better performance in using the physical machine's hardware as I discovered when using VirtualBox to run Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon Edition, where the guest always reverted to 2D graphics.
VMware Workstation Player, formerly VMware Player, is an excellent, free for non-commercial use, Type 2 hypervisor.