Security News > 2022 > August > Businesses should dump Windows for the Linux desktop
Why? GitLab explained: "Due to Microsoft Windows' dominance in desktop operating systems, Windows is the platform most targeted by spyware, viruses, and ransomware."
Windows' security mess has never been just because Windows is more popular.
Security holes that existed back in the day of Windows for Workgroups, 1991, are still with us today in 2022 and Windows 11.
Making matters worse, another problem with Windows' single-user ancestry is that the default Windows user all too often must run as the all-powerful PC administrator.
Now, you might ask, but what business uses Windows Home for work? Cheap ones do.
If your people are working from home with their own PCs, as so many are these days, they are almost certainly not running Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 Enterprise E5. And, even if your business is reimbursing your remote staffers, what do you think they'll buy? As GitLab knows to its sorrow, they'll typically be purchasing a laptop preloaded with Windows Home Edition.