Firefox shows websites differently on Windows and Linux

sling-shot

Wise Old Owl
I dual boot Windows XP and various Linux distributions (preferred PCLinuxOS)

I have always seen that the same website appears more cramped for room when viewed in Linux. The menu bars displayed by most websites appear stretched into 2 lines in Linux while the same appears fine on Windows. The flowing content stretches far more in Linux.

I think this is probably the way fonts are rendered on Linux or maybe just different fonts being used and their sizes.

I am looking for suggestions to make websites appear in Linux as close to their Windows appearance as possible.
 

chris

In the zone
I dual boot with ubuntu. Most sites looks same for me. Some are slightly different. You can install windows fonts. I done this long back, but recent ubuntu, i never faced the need to install anything else, most sites looks good.

*wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MS_Fonts
 
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