petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 year agoLinux continues rising above 3% desktop user share on Statcounterwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkLinux continues rising above 3% desktop user share on Statcounterwww.gamingonlinux.competsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to Linux@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 year agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
The latest from Statcounter shows: January - 2.91% February - 2.94% March - 2.85% April - 2.83% May - 2.7% June - 3.07% July - 3.12% August - 3.18%
minus-squarecy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAlot of people in firefox set Resist Fingerprint to true that contributes to this
minus-squarebennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHow so? Does a non-fingerprinted Firefox always cöaim it’s installed on Linux?
minus-squarecy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoOn Ubuntu, it used to say Ubuntu. On Arch, it used to say Linux on non fingerprinted firefox
minus-squareFloey@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoShouldn’t it be the other way around? If you don’t want to stand out as unique to trackers shouldn’t you claim to be using the most popular OS?
minus-squarecy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYes, that is why privacy resistfingerprint option does
minus-squarebennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYeah, meaning it wouldn’t claim to be a standout like some Linux distro, but Windows
Alot of people in firefox set Resist Fingerprint to true that contributes to this
How so? Does a non-fingerprinted Firefox always cöaim it’s installed on Linux?
On Ubuntu, it used to say Ubuntu. On Arch, it used to say Linux on non fingerprinted firefox
Shouldn’t it be the other way around? If you don’t want to stand out as unique to trackers shouldn’t you claim to be using the most popular OS?
Yes, that is why privacy resistfingerprint option does
Yeah, meaning it wouldn’t claim to be a standout like some Linux distro, but Windows