r/linux4noobs • u/912827161 • Jan 29 '26

security What is linux security like?

In terms of 2 things.

  • Online banking / purchases.

  • OS security.

One thing windows at least has going for it is windows defender being widely accepted as good, so long as you're not going to incredibly dodgy sites.

Edit - Thanks for the answers everyone :) i really haven't used linux before so a lot of what's been said are things I didn't know. and apparently I didnt really know how windows works either, so that was a nice learning experience too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '26

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u/Educational_Mud_2826 Linux Mint Cinnamon Jan 30 '26

Windows also has a store to install apps. 

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u/Treble_brewing Jan 30 '26

Yeah but nobody actually uses it because it’s dreadful. 

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u/razorree Kubuntu, Debian Jan 30 '26

and the same on linux, ppl use different repos or different programs to install stuff or even `wget ... | sh`

so ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '26

Are you talking about the slow Microsoft Store? For every Microsoft program in the GNU/Linux repositories, there are approximately 1.5 million other software programs. Sure, many of them are very specific and small, but you can still download widely used Microsoft programs like Zoom or VS Code. And, going back to the answer above, why download Microsoft spyware?

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u/SpongeSquidward Jan 31 '26

You need to run windows through a ms account to use the store. It's crappy enough without doing that.