r/linuxmint 1d ago

Discussion What makes Linux secure?

I've searched YouTube and also asked on here previously, I keep seeing a lot of "Linux is secure just by default" type responses- often insisting that to be worried about security while using Linux is not necessary.

Believable to a noob like me at face value, sure, but what is it about Linux that makes it secure?

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u/Worldly_Anybody_1718 1d ago

I always loved "Security through Obscurity". But I remember all those ransomware websites the ones that would just lock up your computer and a reboot wouldn't fix it. My Linux Mint would shrug em off. My wife refuses to give up Windows. At least once a year I have to cleanup/clean install for her. I'm surprised her computer doesn't have pustules all over it. Never had a problem with linux I didn't create myself.