This was a tough category to create and even tougher to sort out. KDE is easy, as it's still KDE. GNOME, however, has splintered and been modified into a mess of gnomish environments that are sort of GNOME, but sort of not. We split GNOME 2 and GNOME 3 into separate categories, but Unity and Cinnamon have more in common with GNOME than they do with KDE. Should they be lumped together with GNOME? Here are the numbers; we'll let you decide. Whichever way you slice it, KDE's top spot is a bit suspect, since the many GNOME alternatives dominate the chart, albeit separately.
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KDE: 25.9%
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GNOME: 3.x 21.7%
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GNOME: 2.x 15.2%
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Other: 13.7%*
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Xfce: 12.1%
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LXDE: 3.8%
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Openbox: 3.6%
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Enlightenment: 3%
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Fluxbox: 1%
*Unity and Cinnamon both received several write-in votes.
