>From the standpoint of attacks/etc, yes, linux is safe. Unless you get youself into being a direct target for some reason (Running a high profile website, etc) a machine just running linux and kept up to date with it's patches is about as secure as you need to be. The wide net type attacks go against the largest install base, that being windows. Kinda the low hanging fruit of the hacking world.
For security on websites, you're using the same software as you would otherwise use in windows. Your browser is encrypting, your network is going across the same internet link, etc, so there is no issue with logging into a website in linux vs windows. On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Winterlight <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been using Ubuntu a lot this year in a virtual VM. My desktop is > six core with 64GB of RAM so I can run lots of virtual desktops with full > screen VMs. It has been quite a while since I ran anything Linux so I > thought I would run it on a old Thinkpad X41 Tablet I have sitting around. > So I installed Ubuntu and a number of different distros on my desktop to > find the one I wanted to use on my X41. > > I decided on Elementary 0 and I like it a lot. In the discovery process I > found myself using my desktop Ubuntu VM for lots of different online and > off line expanding activities. Last night I was just about ready to log > into my Ebay account and buy something from my Ubuntu Firefox browser when > I paused because I really don't understand Linux down to the bone marrow > like I do windows, and I am unsure if it is as safe as I think it is to use > with sensitive information... something I have yet to do. > > I am not running any Linux anti virus or malware program that I am aware > of, I don't where the risks are, and goggling the issue brings up very few > returns. So is Linux as safe, out of the box, as I think it is? And what is > it about Linux and desktop security that I need to know that I am probably > unaware of. Thanks! > > w > >
