Not so sure it can be compared to IE. For one thing IE was 'there' on your desktop. You'd have to actively choose to install Ubuntu over another distro in most

Not so sure it can be compared to IE. For one thing IE was 'there' on your desktop. You'd have to actively choose to install Ubuntu over another distro in most cases. IE was based around gatekeeping your choices. The same can't be said of Ubuntu. It's not the 'default' Linux, its just the one that a majority choose to download and install, because most other distros dont give a damn about user experience or decent documentation. You only have to look at the sites for Slackware, Debian and Gentoo to feel like you've been ported back to the 90s - very offputting to anyone researching which OS to pick.