expr@programming.devtolinuxmemes@lemmy.world•What? No .exe? Aawww, fuck this man, I'm outta here...
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2 days agoThe software itself may or may not be more secure, but acquiring software is absolutely more secure. There’s so much Windows malware people unwittingly download from the internet. Downloading from a distro’s software repository simply doesn’t have that problem.
It’s not necessary. Unlike on Windows, Linux users rarely download random packages off the internet. We just use package managers.