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I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for one week - and found 9 big problems (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by tomenzgg@midwest.social to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] Lojcs@piefed.social 40 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (38 children)

#8 reawakened my nervousness about the lack of virus protection on Linux. With every milestone we celebrate it becomes more likely that malicious people target desktop Linux with their malware, and I don't think the "Linux is inherently secure" mentality helps. I hope clamav's on access scanner is fixed and improved so it becomes commonplace before there's some big newsworthy scandal.

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

People were saying the exact same thing when I first started using Linux in 1999-ish

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What is survivorship bias aka gambler's fallacy?

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

I'm not saying Linux is immune, just that people have said that, practically word-for-word, forever.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

That's not it though. Linux doesn't have a problem with viruses, didn't have it before, doesn't have it now. Predicting that it's going to start right now 20 years in a row isn't a good idea refardless, and pointing it out is a right thing to do.
Which doesn't mean it couldn't really start one day.

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