• R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Growing will also bring an increased attack surface and justification for writing malware for Linux due to market adoption.

    It’s not all good, there is going to be an increased security vulnerability along with it.

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      9 months ago

      And so will there be more people to look into and fix the vulnerabilities, specially if we can foster a bigger community of open source developers by being a healthier community overall.

      • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 months ago

        That is less likely though. Nerds who like developing FOSS for hobbyist and ideological needs are already doing so and more users will likely only increase normal users into linux, not developers usually