VMware Server 2.0 supports the following Ubuntu versions:
Ubuntu Linux 8.04
Ubuntu Linux 7.10
Ubuntu Linux 7.04
Ubuntu Linux 6.10
Ubuntu Linux 6.06
VMware Server 1.0.x supports the following Ubuntu versions:
VMware Workstation 6.5 & Player 2.5 support the following versions:
Ubuntu LTS 8.04
Ubuntu Linux 7.10
Ubuntu Linux 7.04
Ubuntu Linux 6.10
Ubuntu Linux 6.06
Ubuntu Linux 5.10
Ubuntu Linux 5.04
VMware Player can also be found in the canonical repositories.
For other versions of ubuntu you might have to do a few workarounds for getting VMware to play nicely:
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-vmware-server-2-on-ubuntu-8.10
http://www.luisrocha.net/2008/10/installing-vmware-player-in-ubuntu.html
There's a bug in 8.10 that will make the shift & control key's behave a bit strange (hang). You can work around that issue too:
http://www.nalinmakar.com/2008/11/12/vmware-player-and-ubuntu-810-keyboard-mapping-issues/
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