Hi there,

Win10 is soon not supported. Tbh Linux have been on my radar since I started to break from the US big tech.

But how is security handled in Linux? Linux is pretty open-source, or am I not understanding it correctly. So how can I as a new user make sure to have the most secure machine as possible?

  • ramenu@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 hours ago

    Windows isn’t based on DOS, though. It hasn’t been for a very long time. Linux isn’t sandboxed. Userspace applications can be sandboxed. There’s a difference.

    • the16bitgamer@programming.dev
      12·
      2 hours ago

      Yes modern Windows is based on the NT Kernal. However to keep with compatibility with older programs, NT needs to be compatible with DOS. For most people they never saw the transition from DOS to NT, since it was quietly done with Win XP.