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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Linux reaches 2.4% market share of desktop users, its highest peak ever according to StatCounter. Windows sets its lowest at 74.85% (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

You can change your User-Agent header. There are plenty of extensions that allow you to do that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

How do you change your user agent header? Which extensions are required for that? Can you change it without extensions as well? I think using too many extensions would make my browser fingerprint more unique instead

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

This can be done without using extensions, but it's just more convenient with this. For example, the Firefox browser has a settings menu available at: about:config. You need to create a string named general.useragent.override and assign it the desired value. For example, if you write there it is Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; en), sites will think that you are using the Internet Explorer browser on Windows. You can also set this parameter only for a specific site. For example, create the line "general.useragent.override.google.com" and assign it the desired value.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Thanks! So for after creating a string general.useragent.override and after creating that string in about:config, I should put a value. What's the value to be put in to make sites think that I am using Google Chrome on Windows?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

Yeah, this is the way to do it without extensions, but it is way less convenient as you have to write the whole thing manually, while extensions make it really easy to switch between OSes, Browsers and all that.