Let’s say “average users” are even willing to use the terminal. I feel like people running random commands and scripts found online would quickly give Linux a reputation for malware just as bad as Microsoft’s.
yes, the more popular Linux becomes, the more malware will be written for it, no doubt
how Linux is perceived is up to us as a community. There already are immutable distributions and filesystem snapshots, but will we advise them according to user’s needs or just send everyone new to Linux straight to Arch and arcane magic. The latter has been happening for ages now, but how big a phenomenon it is, I have no clue
Let’s say “average users” are even willing to use the terminal. I feel like people running random commands and scripts found online would quickly give Linux a reputation for malware just as bad as Microsoft’s.
Depending on what you mean: