I’ve used both, but though not an open project like VirtualBox, VMWare Player (free) has better 3D support. I run three Arch based distros under VMWare Player, Endeavor OS, ArcoLinux and Manjaro, and it works great with KDE and visual effects turned on, video playback… It picks up my keyboard quick keys fine, but to get my mouse back and forward buttons working I have to add these to the .vmx file on new installs (might save you a little time).
I’ve used both, but though not an open project like VirtualBox, VMWare Player (free) has better 3D support. I run three Arch based distros under VMWare Player, Endeavor OS, ArcoLinux and Manjaro, and it works great with KDE and visual effects turned on, video playback… It picks up my keyboard quick keys fine, but to get my mouse back and forward buttons working I have to add these to the .vmx file on new installs (might save you a little time).
mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE" mouse.vusb.useBasicMouse = "FALSE" usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE"