Since the vmware virtual machine drivers are pretty standard I don't see any technical reason for a preinstalled image not to be portable.
Although the above situation is obvious, I didn't find any preinstalled vmware image for Ubuntu.
Is there a trusted free vmware image or an OVF image with Ubuntu preinstalled?
Note: OVF image works with most of the players!
Best Answer
Seems the same question's already been asked on SuperUser - Where can I find Ubuntu Desktop releases on a vmdk
The following is the accepted answer:
but the highest-voted answer is as follows:
Note: The VMware's site also seems to have Ubuntu 12.04, both desktop and server versions but it's the VMWare store and you have to buy it.
The OP also adds: