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Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10?

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Is the Linux Desktop less secure than Windows 10?
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What Gstreamer, Chrome, Tracker and Baloo mean for Linux Desktop security
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Recently Chris Evans published a series of blog posts where he pointed outserious security problems of common Linux Desktop systems. A combination ofautomatic downloads (from Chrome), automatic parsing of new files by desktopsearch systems and libraries with a huge attack surface and support forcountless file formats cause a very explosive combination. What's wrong withLinux Desktop security and how can we fix it?