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Windows 7 is 12.9% of Firefox installs and the second most used OS. https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware
by whoopdedo 3y ago
Windows 7 is 12.9% of Firefox installs and the second most used OS.
https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware
- ororroro 3y ago3rd most installs. Windows 11 identifies as windows 10 for reasons.
- Dalewyn 3y agoThat's because the kernel identifies as NT10.0. Internally it's the same as Windows 10. Similarly, Windows 2000 and XP identify as NT5.0 and 5.1 respectively, and Windows Vista/7/8/8.1 identify as NT6.0, 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3 respectively. Incidentally, this is also why drivers often are cross-compatible along certain Windows versions.
- nikanj 3y agoNeither Edge nor Chrome support Windows 7, so it's not surprising a lot of Firefox users are on Windows 7 - because the other options are no longer available on Windows 7
- lurtbancaster 3y agoMozilla presumably collects this operating system version data on new installs of Firefox upon first run. I wonder how the analytics of Firefox forks are tracked. If they can even be tracked. Tor Browser, LibreWolf et al privacy friendly forks, block Mozilla's data collection on startup and they spoof the user agent to Windows NT 10.0 regardless of if you run them on Windown 7, 8, 10 or 11.
- flangola7 3y agoThis is terrifying. Windows 7 was EoL in early 2020. If you're in a time where you've heard about COVID-19 you shouldn't be using 7.