diff --git a/ionic/platform/platform.ts b/ionic/platform/platform.ts
index f83df19bf6..c1176c0cc5 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/platform.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/platform.ts
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export class Platform {
 
   navigatorPlatform(val) {
     if (arguments.length) {
-      this._bPlt = val;
+      this._bPlt = (val || '').toLowerCase();
     }
     return this._bPlt || '';
   }
diff --git a/ionic/platform/registry.ts b/ionic/platform/registry.ts
index 5925b8b08d..286c297e5b 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/registry.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/registry.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Platform.register({
   ],
   settings: {
     activator: function(p) {
-      return (p.version().major >= 5) ? 'ripple' : 'none';
+      return (p.version().major < 5 && p.navigatorPlatform().indexOf('linux') > -1) ? 'none' : 'ripple';
     },
     hoverCSS: false,
     keyboardHeight: 300,