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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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I feel called out (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Librewolf reports as Firefox on Win 10.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And this is why stats showing how prevalent Linux users are on a site are pretty useless.

[–] TrickDacy 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because an oddball browser based on Firefox says it's Firefox? I don't really follow the logic there. No one gave an example of the OS being wrong in a UA string

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

No. Because the firefox based browser shows linux as windows to refuse some tracking

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Huh that's interesting, thanks