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How does these stats being determined, just curiosity, i really dont know
Browser user agent strings
As a linux user, i always change my user agent. And i think many of the linux users also switch user agents so how correct is this data?
Probably off by no more than 2%. So maybe 5% use Linux, but I'd guess it's still in the 3-4% range, especially with Steam clocking in around 2%, which AFAIK is a lot harder to spoof, if it's possible at all.