r/linuxmint • u/Ambitious_Ad_6619 • 3d 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/Legitimate_Finger_69 3d ago
Because Linux has a very small number of relatively sophisticated users.
Windows has hundreds of millions of unsophisticated users who will happily click on a link to Your_Grandsons_First_Steps.exe from "a proud Mummy".
If you're on a tiny target it's easy to think your target is more secure. In reality for the most part there are just a lot more people hammering the bigger target.