I’m about to install bazzite on my wife’s older (2017) Windows 10 machine, and I’ve been going over how to recreate everything she currently has. Most programs (even proprietary ones) are not an issue, but I’m not finding much in the antivirus department.

I never even thought to install one on my Linux machine (also on bazzite, but I have used other distros in the past). So although I am no stranger to Linux, this issue blindsided me.

I know clamav exists, and I’m educating myself on how to use it, but a GUI would be nice for the wife. She’s not afraid of the terminal, but she likes the convenience of GUI programs.

Any suggestions? What do you use? Or is it just generally accepted that one should be careful and keep things up-to-date and that’s enough?

  • dandu3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    I believe Kaspersky has just released a commercial solution for desktop Linux. Kaspersky is a whole other can of worms, however seeing as they’re russians but that’s your call

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      Kaspersky isn’t there to protect us; just to fill a niche and create business for itself. Idiot nepo CTOs who don’t know better can be coerced to sign a fud-based invoice and then they make bank.