I know the community has been looking for other alternatives then just installing vCenter on a Windows server, especially the Linux Community. With vSphere 5 VMware has made available a vCenter Server Appliance which is a pre-configured Linux Virtual Machine optimized for running vCenter. I just ran across this new KB article talking about its installation.
It is downloaded as a OVF so that makes the installation fairly straightforward as you are just deploying the OVF using your vSphere client.
Prerequisites
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Verify that vSphere Client is installed.
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You can deploy the vCenter Server Appliance only on hosts that are running ESX version 4.x or ESXi version 4.x or later.
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The vCenter Server Appliance requires at least 7GB of disk space, and is limited to a maximum size of 80GB.
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Procedure
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From the vSphere 5 download page on the VMware Web site, download the .VMDK and .OVF files for the vCenter Server appliance onto your system.
Save the .VMDK and .OVF files in the same folder.
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In the vSphere Client, select File > Deploy OVF Template and enter the path to the .OVF file on your system.
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Follow the prompts in the Deploy OVF Template wizard to create the vCenter Server Appliance.
If you do not want to commit to using the maximum 80GB of disk space at deployment, deploy the OVF with thin provisioning. In the Disk Format panel of the wizard, select Thin provisioned format.
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VMware KB Article – Deploying the VMware vCenter Server Appliance
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September 15, 2011 
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