With the increase popularity of the linux desktop and the steamdeck, will new viruses and malwares be developed for linux systems? should we better use an antivirus?

  • phx@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    You can also do fun stuff like running the app as a separate user, and using sudo+xhost to access it. Most Linux firewalls allow you to set a rule with uid-affinity, so you could restrict the additional user to a whitelist of IP’s.