It is not too surprising that Ubuntu came in first in DesktopLinux.com's 2007 Desktop Linux Market Survey, or that Firefox was the topmost browser by far. More interesting is that for the first time ever in the site's annual surveys, GNOME surpassed KDE among desktop environments (45% over 35%), with Xfce a solid third (8%).
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May I ask what you need?
I tried to install/start various operating systems with VBox (I tried Win98, Debian, ReactOS, Ubuntu) and I couldn't get anything running. There always were strange problems and I can't say what exactly. Most of the times the program just stops and nothing happens anymore.
Maybe it's a case of PEBKAC with me, but if I can't get anything running with the GUI then there seem to be some serious problems. VMware works flawlessly.
And no, I didn't forget to enable important (emulated) hardware.
Edit: I should add that these tests were a few months ago. Maybe it got better?!
Edited 2007-08-22 22:38
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Was Epiphany even a choice in this survey?
I'm a Gnome user (Debian Testing/SID) and I far prefer Epiphany to Firefox.
One of the many disagreements I have with the Ubuntu distribution is the choice to make Firefox the default browser.
Firefox is like the cheap blonde and Epiphany is like the cute brunette with character.
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2006-08-29
And so they should! Virtualbox is a damn fine virtualisation solution. I've used it for a few months now and it's truly wonderful, every bit as good as VMWare for what I need.