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Linux continues rising above 3% desktop user share on Statcounter (www.gamingonlinux.com)
submitted 2 years ago by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@discuss.tchncs.de
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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%
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[–] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

On Ubuntu, it used to say Ubuntu. On Arch, it used to say Linux on non fingerprinted firefox

[–] Floey@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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?

[–] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, that is why privacy resistfingerprint option does

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, meaning it wouldn't claim to be a standout like some Linux distro, but Windows

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, but not on Windows though, right?

[–] cy_narrator@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well then this setting contributes nothing to Linux percentage