[Gloucs] Joining Facebook on Linux.

[Andrew Oakley]

I wrote:
> On 27/08/2009, Geoff Bagley <geoff.bagley at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > I understand that Facebook is NOT Linux friendly -  they suggest 
> > changing to Windows !
> just tried creating a new account using Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 and had no 
> problems, and got no warnings about Linux nor MS-Windows.
> I was using:
> Firefox 3.0.13

Geoff, I wonder if your problems are due to Debian using Iceweasel or
othersuch unbranded variants of Firefox? And Facebook rejecting it due
to the browser identity?

That would be truly sucky behaviour on Facebook's part, but not beyond
the realms of believability.

-- 
Andrew Oakley

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