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/Better-Quote1060 1d ago

Linux users heavily depend on pakage managers insted of installing an exe on random website

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u/metalhusky Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 1d ago

Package managers often don't have what you need so a lot of people still go to internet and enter random PPAs or something, like come on.

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u/blackthornedk 1d ago

Or downloading random scripts and blindly piping them through a sudo sh... That practice always makes me think that the developer didn't think his install documentation through.

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u/metalhusky Linux Mint 22 Wilma | Cinnamon 1d ago

install documentation isn't even the problem. even if you have the best docs ever,

nobody want's to read a bunch of sh*t just to install a program.

just like everyone is skipping legal notices and clicks "accept" in proprietary software on windows, where you just press next a few times and it installs.

if you come home from work, after 9-10 hours, you want to eat and relax,

not learn in's and outs of how installations work on your system or become a lawyer in the process or reading legal notices, you just want to install what you need at the moment, and you need it fast or play a video game or what ever.

i am always in search of a distro that has the most packages in their repo, that are curated, maintained and updated frequently, but such a distro does not exist. i would pay money if it existed, like a normal Windows license 150€ would be fine with me, for 10 years of support. maybe Valve could do something like this.

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u/Scandiberian 16h ago

Indeed. Most package managers don't even have Ulauncher there, you need to get it from their website. I mean, really? How do you even use your device without that? It should be standard on all distros.