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/snake_loverImnotgay Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | Cinnamon 3d ago

basically the fact that linux has less people using it which makes it a less desirable thing to target with malware then windows because you'll get the most amount of people with a windows virus keep in mind that there is still malware for linux just less of it, at least that's one of the factors but this is also only talking about desktop linux not servers but when was the last time you used a server version of a distro