Firefox useragent string and Ubuntu

vasa1 · Nov 22, 2011

Ubuntu has modified the useragent string to include "Ubuntu".

Mozilla/5.0 (Ubuntu; X11; Linux i686; rv:8.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/8.0
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This obviously applies to Firefox installed via Ubuntu's updates.

linuxforall · Nov 22, 2011

This would give them data on number of actual Ubuntu users around. Strangely they haven't updated Thunderbird to version 8 yet.

vasa1 · Nov 23, 2011

Those who pull Firefox directly from Mozilla can use these instructions:

How to edit the User Agent string

To change the User Agent string, just enter about:config as an address in the address bar of FireFox, the location where you normally enter a URL (link). I recommend to preserve the original value, which you can get when you enter just about: in the address bar.

Now press the right mouse button to get the context menu and select "String" from the menu entry "New". Enter the preference name "general.useragent.override", without the quotes. Next, enter the new User Agent value you want Mozilla Firefox to use. I added my name and a link to my web site to the original value. You can also pick one from the list of User Agent strings. Check the new value by entering about: in the address bar.
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From: http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2004/04/24/changinguseragent.html <<< 2004 but it works for Aurora (Fx 10).

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