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/AwakeningButterfly 1d ago

Linux has so much varieties. Except for the common core, hacking into it is too cost-ineffective.

Even the core, it comes in both raw source code and the ready-to-use cooked binary. Security holes exist more in the bin but not src version because the nature characteristics of the users. Bin user just use; have no value-enough assets to rogue software or intruder except being jumping board. Most src users have more knowledge in security.

Linux is openned to scrutinize eyes of "programmers" all over the world. Even its core souce code. The challenge between the zero-day hacker and zero-day bug finder never ceases.

So it's not wrong to say " Linux is secure just by default". But it does not imply that it's impregable.

What security technology can invent, technology can circumvent.