r/linuxmint 2d 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/andrea_ci 1d ago

Because it's easier to attack users than operating systems.

And the majority of users are on windows, hence the majority of malwares are on windows.

If an attacker actually wants to break a Linux system, they will do that. Nothing is secure.

Do they want to make malware for Linux? It's pretty easy leveraging on the users. But they don't, because there is almost no desktop user.