Virtualbox, VMware, KVM or other for Ubuntu virtualization?

Virtualbox, VMware, KVM or other for Ubuntu virtualization? Is any one of these better than the others? What are the differences in practical terms for home use?
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Guest [Entry]

"Virtualbox will be much easier for use in the home. The GUI is great and its very simple to use... not to mention the amount of users and documentation out there. And with the recent hardware 3D acceleration addition its a great choice.

Use Virtualbox."

Guest [Entry]

I remember problems with VMWare on ubuntu. The new version has client not as standalone application, but as plugin to firefox - it didn't work for me. VirtualBox on the other hand is very easy and seems "nicer". VMWare however has ability of managing virtual machines by network (firefox), while VirtualBox you can manage only from machine it is running on.

Guest [Entry]

Virtualbox is really nice, WMware has a lot of different products "WMware server, WMware workstation, WMware desktop etc" it's a bit confusing.