diff --git a/gfx/thebes/gfxFcPlatformFontList.cpp b/gfx/thebes/gfxFcPlatformFontList.cpp
index 201e469e0c67b..f64c8e5bd01a6 100644
--- a/gfx/thebes/gfxFcPlatformFontList.cpp
+++ b/gfx/thebes/gfxFcPlatformFontList.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "mozilla/TimeStamp.h"
 #include "nsGkAtoms.h"
 #include "nsIConsoleService.h"
+#include "nsIGfxInfo.h"
+#include "mozilla/Components.h"
 #include "nsString.h"
 #include "nsStringFwd.h"
 #include "nsUnicodeProperties.h"
@@ -1671,6 +1673,18 @@ void gfxFcPlatformFontList::ReadSystemFontList(dom::SystemFontList* retValue) {
   }
 }
 
+static nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination sFontVisibilityDevice =
+    nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Unassigned;
+
+void AssignFontVisibilityDevice() {
+  if (sFontVisibilityDevice ==
+      nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Unassigned) {
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIGfxInfo> gfxInfo = components::GfxInfo::Service();
+    NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS_VOID(
+        gfxInfo->GetFontVisibilityDetermination(&sFontVisibilityDevice));
+  }
+}
+
 // Per family array of faces.
 class FacesData {
   using FaceInitArray = AutoTArray<fontlist::Face::InitData, 8>;
@@ -1957,7 +1971,10 @@ void gfxFcPlatformFontList::InitSharedFontListForPlatform() {
   FcFontSet* systemFonts = FcConfigGetFonts(nullptr, FcSetSystem);
   auto numBaseFamilies = addFontSetFamilies(systemFonts, policy.get(),
                                             /* aAppFonts = */ false);
-  if (GetDistroID() != DistroID::Unknown && numBaseFamilies < 3) {
+  AssignFontVisibilityDevice();
+  if (numBaseFamilies < 3 &&
+      sFontVisibilityDevice !=
+          nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Unknown) {
     // If we found fewer than 3 known FontVisibility::Base families in the
     // system (ignoring app-bundled fonts), we must be dealing with a very
     // non-standard configuration; disable the distro-specific font
@@ -1983,72 +2000,27 @@ void gfxFcPlatformFontList::InitSharedFontListForPlatform() {
   }
 }
 
-gfxFcPlatformFontList::DistroID gfxFcPlatformFontList::GetDistroID() const {
-  // Helper called to initialize sResult the first time this is used.
-  auto getDistroID = []() {
-    DistroID result = DistroID::Unknown;
-    int versionMajor = 0;
-    FILE* fp = fopen("/etc/os-release", "r");
-    if (fp) {
-      char buf[512];
-      while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
-        if (strncmp(buf, "VERSION_ID=\"", 12) == 0) {
-          versionMajor = strtol(buf + 12, nullptr, 10);
-          if (result != DistroID::Unknown) {
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-        if (strncmp(buf, "ID=", 3) == 0) {
-          if (strncmp(buf + 3, "ubuntu", 6) == 0) {
-            result = DistroID::Ubuntu_any;
-          } else if (strncmp(buf + 3, "fedora", 6) == 0) {
-            result = DistroID::Fedora_any;
-          }
-          if (versionMajor) {
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      fclose(fp);
-    }
-    if (result == DistroID::Ubuntu_any) {
-      if (versionMajor == 20) {
-        result = DistroID::Ubuntu_20;
-      } else if (versionMajor == 22) {
-        result = DistroID::Ubuntu_22;
-      }
-    } else if (result == DistroID::Fedora_any) {
-      if (versionMajor == 38) {
-        result = DistroID::Fedora_38;
-      } else if (versionMajor == 39) {
-        result = DistroID::Fedora_39;
-      }
-    }
-    return result;
-  };
-  static DistroID sResult = getDistroID();
-  return sResult;
-}
-
 FontVisibility gfxFcPlatformFontList::GetVisibilityForFamily(
     const nsACString& aName) const {
-  auto distro = GetDistroID();
-  switch (distro) {
-    case DistroID::Ubuntu_any:
-    case DistroID::Ubuntu_22:
+  AssignFontVisibilityDevice();
+
+  switch (sFontVisibilityDevice) {
+    case nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Ubuntu_any:
+    case nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Ubuntu_22:
       if (FamilyInList(aName, kBaseFonts_Ubuntu_22_04)) {
         return FontVisibility::Base;
       }
       if (FamilyInList(aName, kLangFonts_Ubuntu_22_04)) {
         return FontVisibility::LangPack;
       }
-      if (distro == DistroID::Ubuntu_22) {
+      if (sFontVisibilityDevice ==
+          nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Ubuntu_22) {
         return FontVisibility::User;
       }
       // For Ubuntu_any, we fall through to also check the 20_04 lists.
       [[fallthrough]];
 
-    case DistroID::Ubuntu_20:
+    case nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Ubuntu_20:
       if (FamilyInList(aName, kBaseFonts_Ubuntu_20_04)) {
         return FontVisibility::Base;
       }
@@ -2057,18 +2029,19 @@ FontVisibility gfxFcPlatformFontList::GetVisibilityForFamily(
       }
       return FontVisibility::User;
 
-    case DistroID::Fedora_any:
-    case DistroID::Fedora_39:
+    case nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Fedora_any:
+    case nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Fedora_39:
       if (FamilyInList(aName, kBaseFonts_Fedora_39)) {
         return FontVisibility::Base;
       }
-      if (distro == DistroID::Fedora_39) {
+      if (sFontVisibilityDevice ==
+          nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Fedora_39) {
         return FontVisibility::User;
       }
       // For Fedora_any, fall through to also check Fedora 38 list.
       [[fallthrough]];
 
-    case DistroID::Fedora_38:
+    case nsIGfxInfo::FontVisibilityDeviceDetermination::Linux_Fedora_38:
       if (FamilyInList(aName, kBaseFonts_Fedora_38)) {
         return FontVisibility::Base;
       }
diff --git a/gfx/thebes/gfxFcPlatformFontList.h b/gfx/thebes/gfxFcPlatformFontList.h
index 93ea34d52053a..54070d141051a 100644
--- a/gfx/thebes/gfxFcPlatformFontList.h
+++ b/gfx/thebes/gfxFcPlatformFontList.h
@@ -351,19 +351,6 @@ class gfxFcPlatformFontList final : public gfxPlatformFontList {
                                        nsAtom* aLanguage = nullptr)
       MOZ_REQUIRES(mLock) override;
 
-  enum class DistroID : int8_t {
-    Unknown,
-    Ubuntu_any,
-    Ubuntu_20,
-    Ubuntu_22,
-    Fedora_any,
-    Fedora_38,
-    Fedora_39,
-    // To be extended with any distros that ship a useful base set of fonts
-    // that we want to explicitly support.
-  };
-  DistroID GetDistroID() const;  // -> DistroID::Unknown if we can't tell
-
   FontVisibility GetVisibilityForFamily(const nsACString& aName) const;
 
   gfxFontFamily* CreateFontFamily(const nsACString& aName,
diff --git a/widget/GfxInfoBase.cpp b/widget/GfxInfoBase.cpp
index 90ded426bc2b0..148b3bd00fb4c 100644
--- a/widget/GfxInfoBase.cpp
+++ b/widget/GfxInfoBase.cpp
@@ -2009,6 +2009,59 @@ std::pair<Device, nsString> GfxInfoBase::GetFontVisibilityDeterminationPair() {
       androidProduct.get(), androidProductIsChromebook ? "yes" : "no");
 
 #elif defined(XP_LINUX)
+  ret.first = Device::Linux_Unknown;
+
+  long versionMajor = 0;
+  FILE* fp = fopen("/etc/os-release", "r");
+  if (fp) {
+    char buf[512];
+    while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp)) {
+      if (strncmp(buf, "VERSION_ID=\"", 12) == 0) {
+        ret.second.AppendPrintf("VERSION_ID=%.11s", buf + 11);
+        versionMajor = strtol(buf + 12, nullptr, 10);
+        if (ret.first != Device::Linux_Unknown) {
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (strncmp(buf, "ID=", 3) == 0) {
+        ret.second.AppendPrintf("ID=%.6s", buf + 3);
+        if (strncmp(buf + 3, "ubuntu", 6) == 0) {
+          ret.first = Device::Linux_Ubuntu_any;
+        } else if (strncmp(buf + 3, "fedora", 6) == 0) {
+          ret.first = Device::Linux_Fedora_any;
+        }
+
+        if (versionMajor) {
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    fclose(fp);
+  }
+  if (ret.first == Device::Linux_Ubuntu_any) {
+    if (versionMajor == 20) {
+      ret.first = Device::Linux_Ubuntu_20;
+      ret.second.Insert(u"Ubuntu 20 - ", 0);
+    } else if (versionMajor == 22) {
+      ret.first = Device::Linux_Ubuntu_22;
+      ret.second.Insert(u"Ubuntu 22 - ", 0);
+    } else {
+      ret.second.Insert(u"Ubuntu Unknown - ", 0);
+    }
+  } else if (ret.first == Device::Linux_Fedora_any) {
+    if (versionMajor == 38) {
+      ret.first = Device::Linux_Fedora_38;
+      ret.second.Insert(u"Fedora 38 - ", 0);
+    } else if (versionMajor == 39) {
+      ret.first = Device::Linux_Fedora_39;
+      ret.second.Insert(u"Fedora 39 - ", 0);
+    } else {
+      ret.second.Insert(u"Fedora Unknown - ", 0);
+    }
+  } else {
+    ret.second.Insert(u"Linux Unknown - ", 0);
+  }
 
 #elif defined(XP_MACOSX)
   ret.first = Device::MacOS_Platform;