How does LQ detect users OS?
Of course this is not a problem.
I'm just curious to know how does LQ detect users OS? I notice lack of consistency regarding this issue: - Windows detected correctly regardless of browser which I use. - Ubuntu derivatives detected just when I use firefox to access LQ. - Slackware and Debian aren't detected at all and tux head is shown as my OS in my posts. - When I use my old Nokia 6120 to visit LQ by opera mini, a question mark is appeared in my posts. |
Most likely detection is based on the browser "User Agent String" - http://www.useragentstring.com/
If you've a browser that supports modifying / deleting the User Agent String then you can play with it and see :) |
Using Firefox under Crux, I see the penguin's head (unspecified Linux). With Firefox under LFS, I often get a question mark (unknown OS). It seems to depend on what I was using when I made the post, not what I am currently using.
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This has been covered in depth in the past, and it is indeed User-Agent at the time of each post that it used.
--jeremy |
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