Hi,
Fedora is only supported on Fedora 22 and earlier, Ubuntu 16.04 however is supported on Workstation 12.0 (and thus also Workstation 12.5)
See for more alternatives here:
VMware Compatibility Guide - Guest/Host Search
So in short, yes you should be fine.
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