--- title: Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after... description: Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has led to the discontinuation of the free version of VMware's vSphere Hypervisor, and Proxmox Virtual Environment offers an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/proxmox-gives-vmware-esxi-users-a-place-to-go-after-broadcom-kills-free-version-eb5l7g06g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version | daily.dev og:description: Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has led to the discontinuation of the free version of VMware's vSphere Hypervisor, and Proxmox Virtual Environment offers an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/proxmox-gives-vmware-esxi-users-a-place-to-go-after-broadcom-kills-free-version-eb5l7g06g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Eb5L7g06g.png og:image:alt: Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 6 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has led to the discontinuation of the free version of VMware's vSphere Hypervisor, and Proxmox Virtual Environment offers an alternative for home users and small organizations. Proxmox has added an import wizard to facilitate the migration of ESXi VMs to Proxmox VE. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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