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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Magnolia_@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

It peaked at 4.05% in March. The last 2 months it went just below 4% as the Unknown category increased. For June the reverse happened, so 4.04% seems to be the real current share of Linux on Desktop as desktop clients were read properly/werent spoofed.

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[-] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 60 points 10 months ago

I switched to librewolf so I will now show up as windows

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 35 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

After seeing Garuda Linux set my user agent to Windows, I set my Windows install user agent to Linux.

Seeing Twitch.tv login break after changing my user agent was hilarious

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

What did it say? Why does it break?

[-] archchan@lemmy.ml 22 points 10 months ago

I unspoofed Librewolf back to Firefox + Linux. That way I'm not contributing to Chrome and Windows market share and perceived dominance. Plus the more people don't spoof, the less of a need there will be to actually spoof at all as the Linux market share increases.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

The problem is that websites sometimes change there behavior.

[-] Sentient_Modem@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Do you have any examples of this?

[-] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 14 points 10 months ago

Same, there must be a percent or so of Windows actually being Linux instead.

[-] theroff@aussie.zone 4 points 10 months ago

Yeah me too, safety in numbers. Maybe if Linux desktop gets bigger than Windows they'll swap it around 👨‍💻

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