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For those who are wondering, yes, Wine is malware compatible so be careful about the EXEs you run!
no matter what os you use you can get viruses on linux and macos the chanche is slimmer because they have a smaller user base. the only way to not get viruses is to use your brain. for those who don't know there are linux viruses and you can get them if you don't pay attention
People say this but I don't think it's true. The vast majority of internet servers run on Linux and they are much higher-value targets than your laptop. It is more secure than windows, not just because of the smaller user base. However you're right of course that you can still get viruses.
The other counterpoint is Mac OS 9 and earlier. Had a minority of the user share, had a ton of viruses.
I haven't run a Linux machine in years. Has wine improved or was I just not savvy enough to get things to run on it?
It's gotten significantly better since ~2010 or so when I was first struggling with it. Valve developing Proton on top of it definitely didn't hurt even if that in particular is more games focused.
Wine has gotten pretty good, but mostly for games rather than traditional applications.
I still get excited launching steam on Linux.
I didn't know malware compatible was a term, oh it's wonderful! I'm gonna use it on people in real life hehe