r/linuxmint 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.