I generally agree but the comparison can’t be made that directly in my opinion because the small userbase of desktop Linux alone helps a lot there and the addition of repositories and Flathub do so too!
True, but commercial Linux viruses exist. Plenty of IT professionals have invested their fuck-you-money into crypto so there’s a market for desktop Linux viruses out there these days.
Flatpak helps a lot, but it’s got its own troubles and escapes if you want to actually use programs. The secure configuration locks file access to a few specific directories so loads of Flatpak applications will ask for much broader access so you can still edit pictures that are stored on other drives or outside the default Pictures folder.
There are way more viruses written for windows than there is for Linux
Linux users find viruses and they report them and then everyone works on a fix for it and it gets patched as soon as possible. This is why open sourced code is good.
Windows takes forever to fix or patch viruses most of the time they probably dont even care.
Everything virus related or even bug related gets patched almost immediately under Linux
Also… Everything you install on Linux is pre compiled and ore configured inside a package manager and these packages get checked constantly for bugs and viruses. Theres almost no need to install anything on Linux from websites that could be compromised
Out of the 13 years I have been using Linux I haven’t Once caught a virus but I also study malware and write malware so I also understand it more on a deep level.
But honestly it’s very hard to catch a virus on Linux
Unless you are in a cooperate environment or very careless with the stuff you download and commands you run you shouldn’t need one!
This is true, but the same could be said for Windows. Novices and beginners can probably do with a ClamAV install.
I generally agree but the comparison can’t be made that directly in my opinion because the small userbase of desktop Linux alone helps a lot there and the addition of repositories and Flathub do so too!
True, but commercial Linux viruses exist. Plenty of IT professionals have invested their fuck-you-money into crypto so there’s a market for desktop Linux viruses out there these days.
Flatpak helps a lot, but it’s got its own troubles and escapes if you want to actually use programs. The secure configuration locks file access to a few specific directories so loads of Flatpak applications will ask for much broader access so you can still edit pictures that are stored on other drives or outside the default Pictures folder.
There are way more viruses written for windows than there is for Linux
Linux users find viruses and they report them and then everyone works on a fix for it and it gets patched as soon as possible. This is why open sourced code is good.
Windows takes forever to fix or patch viruses most of the time they probably dont even care.
Everything virus related or even bug related gets patched almost immediately under Linux
Also… Everything you install on Linux is pre compiled and ore configured inside a package manager and these packages get checked constantly for bugs and viruses. Theres almost no need to install anything on Linux from websites that could be compromised
Out of the 13 years I have been using Linux I haven’t Once caught a virus but I also study malware and write malware so I also understand it more on a deep level.
But honestly it’s very hard to catch a virus on Linux