• rhythmicotter@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    There are very few Linux viruses. With its low market share, it’s not a juicy target, or at least not desktop users.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, even if it IS true that it’s not juicy right now, doesn’t that mentality run directly contradictory to the desire for linux to become more popular? We’re trying to increase market share, so the “not a juicy target” idea is a very wreckless way of thinking.

    • AspieEgg@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      I disagree. Linux is run on a large number of servers. It may be a less tempting target for Trojan style malware, but exploits and vulnerabilities for Linux are very valuable since you can gain access to large amounts of valuable data.