Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

Gutsy Gibbon is the codename of the latest Ubuntu 7.10 released last October 18, 2007, but I've waited a little while before upgrading from Feisty Fawn (v7.04). Its because I was anticipating some problems during the upgrade, so better wait for others and their experiences, then probably for the solutions =)

That's right! Yesterday, I was brave enough to do the upgrade. Just clicked the update notification icon to install some (security) updates. When the update was done, the Upgrade notification flashed, ready to install.

It took some hours to finish the Ubuntu upgrade. Then, the VMware Workstation needed to be re-setup (as always) because some vmware modules need to be recompiled according to your running kernel version.

Note: To check your current kernel version, type uname -r at the console.

Whenever you need to install/re-install VMware on Linux, always remember the vmware-any-any* patch because you'll most likely need it for recompiling some vmware's components, like vmmon, etc.

And whenever you need it, just look for the updated version because its also being modified regularly. Thanks to the readily available solution to my problem:
http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/09/26/how-to-install-vmware-server-on-ubuntu-710/

As I've said, its worth it for the wait ;-)