Who of you guys are on an "Unknown" OS? (gs.statcounter.com)
from olafurp@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 30 Mar 2024 18:14
https://lemmy.world/post/13726972

I’ve been wondering how many Linux users are being listed as unknown by statcounter out of curiosity. There has been a big global bump “Unknown”.

Obvious ones are UserAgent spoofers Vpn users but I feel like that’s pretty niche. I’m wondering if SteamOS, Endeavour and BSD show up as Unknown. Furthermore, will just all non-Ubuntu based OS?

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Deckweiss@lemmy.world on 30 Mar 2024 20:14 next collapse

I’m (deliberately) being listed as Windows, because some websites are cancer when they smell your Linux.

I honestly don’t remember what happened, but I remember raging at it about 7 years ago, before changing the user agent and since then I’ve always done it like this.

ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social on 31 Mar 2024 21:34 collapse

because some websites are cancer when they smell your Linux

Oh really? This is the first I’ve heard of this. I sometimes have to spoof being Chrome though.

ReakDuck@lemmy.ml on 01 Apr 2024 08:25 next collapse

Disney had a broken tracker that didnt made the page load when the agent was Linux

flashgnash@lemm.ee on 02 Apr 2024 23:38 collapse

I do the same, often set to windows 10 Chrome because websites will silently shittify themselves based on you using Firefox and/or Linux

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 31 Mar 2024 22:46 next collapse

As far as I can see the other is Temple OS (or at least everyone on Lemmy says so)

GuyNoIRQ@infosec.pub on 01 Apr 2024 02:40 next collapse

BSD, Haiku, Plan9, RiscOS, etc. Probably mostly BSD.

moody@lemmings.world on 01 Apr 2024 18:40 next collapse

Temple OS is a meme.

flashgnash@lemm.ee on 02 Apr 2024 23:36 collapse

TempleOS does not have any kind of networking (so no useragents), as funny as it would be to see people trying to daily drive it

justin@lemmy.kde.social on 01 Apr 2024 08:13 collapse

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