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<blockquote data-quote="wat0114" data-source="post: 1046607" data-attributes="member: 91306">I wasn&#039;t actually being sarcastic or making an attempt at poor humor with my response. In fact, my response was such because I truly have no idea which is more secure, especially if you are talking about servers. Even if you are talking about a home desktop workstation, I still don&#039;t know the answer. I believe SELinux, based on what I&#039;ve read, is better suited to servers, rather than a workstation. It looks as though considerable expertise is required to set it up correctly, less one locks themselves out of their systemIn my humble opinion, I believe Linux for a home workstation is far more secure than a Windows based home workstation, mainly because it is not the desired target that Windows is. Security through obscurity? I guess so. Currently I&#039;m running openSUSE Leap 15.5 with several default processes already enforced with Apparmor, with the addition of NetworkManager (usr.sbin.NetworkManager) added myself, because it has ports open to the internet. No need whatsoever for any kind of useless antivirus on any Linux environment I&#039;ve ever run. I&#039;ve always used what&#039;s already built in to the kernel:<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Apparmor</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">built-in firewall</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Download applications from the recommended repositories - for the most part.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Encrypt the Linux partitons, although I do the same on Windows with Bitlocker.</li>
</ol>That&#039;s about it.EDITI also don&#039;t appreciate the spying and overall nanny control Microsoft has imposed on their end users over the years, especially now where it is the worst it&#039;s ever been. My vote went to Linux.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wat0114, post: 1046607, member: 91306"] I wasn't actually being sarcastic or making an attempt at poor humor with my response. In fact, my response was such because I truly have no idea which is more secure, especially if you are talking about servers. Even if you are talking about a home desktop workstation, I still don't know the answer. I believe SELinux, based on what I've read, is better suited to servers, rather than a workstation. It looks as though considerable expertise is required to set it up correctly, less one locks themselves out of their system In my humble opinion, I believe Linux for a home workstation is [U]far more secure[/U] than a Windows based home workstation, mainly because it is not the desired target that Windows is. Security through obscurity? I guess so. Currently I'm running openSUSE Leap 15.5 with several default processes already enforced with Apparmor, with the addition of NetworkManager (usr.sbin.NetworkManager) added myself, because it has ports open to the internet. No need whatsoever for any kind of useless antivirus on any Linux environment I've ever run. I've always used what's already built in to the kernel: [LIST=1] [*]Apparmor [*]built-in firewall [*]Download applications from the recommended repositories - for the most part. [*]Encrypt the Linux partitons, although I do the same on Windows with Bitlocker. [/LIST] That's about it. [B]EDIT[/B] I also don't appreciate the spying and overall nanny control Microsoft has imposed on their end users over the years, especially now where it is the worst it's ever been. My vote went to Linux. [/QUOTE]

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