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[DaveSimmons]

In VMWare the default is for the VM file system to be persistent, so changes should not be disappearing on you.

There are configuration settings to stop this, so that changes disappear. Perhaps you toggled this on by mistake. If you downloaded a pre-generated virtual machine instead of installing Ubuntu yourself then maybe it was set up that way.

Another reason would be if you placed the VM files in a location where your current Windows account does not have write access. If you move the files to a new location like C : \UbuntuVM any write access problem would be fixed.

 

[Obsoleet]

I run Ubuntu 12.04 on my Windows machine in a VM. Works well. Every other machine is native Linux though.

I've had problems with other versions of Linux in a VM though, I'd recommend sticking to LTS 64bit. Virtualbox here, I never cared for VMware but didn't spend a lot of time testing it since I've used VB for a long time.

 

[phantom404]

Thank you guys so much for the responses. I think I have decided to continue with my C# experience and upgrade to Windows 8 and use Visual Studio 2012 to develop applications for the Windows Store.

I was also thinking of purchasing a cheap desktop and installing the Ubuntu distribution on it to try out the Android side of things through Linux. I need to become more familiar with Linux as it is, so this seems like a pretty solid idea. I was originally going to install Ubuntu to my external HD and try to boot from it, that way I wouldn't have to partition my internal HD on my Alienware in hopes of avoiding any problems; but I have the extra cash as of now so I might as well go ahead and devote a desktop to the Linux experience.

Nonetheless, I thoroughly appreciate everyone's input.

I would go with Visual Studio 2013. This will allow you to include Windows 8.1 as well.