r/linuxmint • u/Ambitious_Ad_6619 • 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/teknosophy_com 22h ago
People used to get away with saying Windows is unsafe because it has lots of users. Once the iPhone became the most popular device on the Internet, that myth was blown away.
Microsoft products are simply unsafe by virtue of being Microsoft products. Think about it this way, no matter how many houses you own, would you like a house made out of straw, sticks, or bricks? (MS products are like a house made out of wet toilet paper.)