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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

the more people continue to ditch windows, the more scammers are going to focus their energy on linux

Sorry, I missed this in my first reply.

It is true.

A few simple rules:

keep your system up-to-date within the constraints of their repositories
install only from trusted repositories, i.e. the official ones for your distro. This excludes any package of any app straight from their website.
same precautions for web browsers as for any other OS. Don't click any old link, don't execute mail attachments, that sort of stuff.
don't execute arbitrary code esp. from the internet
don't just sudo if you want to make something work. Despite the famous xkcd, that's not how this works. Least privilege at all times.
Antivirus software still isn't required

Unless you have some extraordinary usage scenarios, that's it really.