Hello, Bitcoiners!
I have premade VMware images with Ubuntu Server and the Bitcoin daemon uploaded to 4shared! You actually might need this VM because
A) you can run multiple nodes on one computer with lots of hard disk space;
B) by copying a VM with a fully downloaded blockchain to run on your computer, you are copying the blockchain itself the easy way,
and C) you can use these VMs on lots and lots of servers.
All you have to do enter "bitcoin" for the username, "node" for the password, and "bitcoind -daemon" to get it running!
http://www.4shared.com/zip/luTr1pZsba/Ubuntu_Bitcoin_Node_Server.html