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Debian security amirite? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's a rough balance when you're trying to convince people unfamiliar with the internals (let alone non technical people) to make the switch. Saying "Linux is safe, but not bulletproof" may scare them back to the devil they know even if there's no greater guarantee of safety there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Of course, maybe I am being too hard on people by expecting everyone to put more thought into everything they make a decision for. But it is in fact the lack of thought that tends to cause problems in all areas we see nowadays.
But that's a topic for somewhere else.

We can simply go by "Linux is more bulletproof than Windows"; instead of calling it "safe", which would also be wrong.
Also with, "Windows will shoot you with intent, Linux might just get some stray shrapnel."