All of the world’s servers run Linux. If it was as bad as windows in the early 2000s, it would be known by now. That being said, modern windows is pretty safe too.
When you tack on what it needs to be a desktop OS, you’re tacking on vulnerabilities. Take a point release distro like Debian, and you end up with more out of date packages which adds to vulnerabilities. Also, a web search will reveal decades old issues with Linux used as a server. -It’s not bulletproof, we just don’t hear about it like we don’t hear about Linux much IRL, and it’s something evangelists like to suppress.
All of the world’s servers run Linux. If it was as bad as windows in the early 2000s, it would be known by now. That being said, modern windows is pretty safe too.
When you tack on what it needs to be a desktop OS, you’re tacking on vulnerabilities. Take a point release distro like Debian, and you end up with more out of date packages which adds to vulnerabilities. Also, a web search will reveal decades old issues with Linux used as a server. -It’s not bulletproof, we just don’t hear about it like we don’t hear about Linux much IRL, and it’s something evangelists like to suppress.