He said a full linux install, not the kernel. The Linux kernel certainly has tighter review, but you can't say the same about the other packages you find rolled into a standard linux install. Nor can you say the same about all the packages you find in the third party repositories almost everyone adds so they can get drivers or codecs.
Of course the same could be said on nearly any Windows install. I have yet to find one machine running solely on Microsoft software. Newer versions are worse, trusting third-party providers and installing without much intervention.
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He said a full linux install, not the kernel. The Linux kernel certainly has tighter review, but you can't say the same about the other packages you find rolled into a standard linux install. Nor can you say the same about all the packages you find in the third party repositories almost everyone adds so they can get drivers or codecs.
Of course the same could be said on nearly any Windows install. I have yet to find one machine running solely on Microsoft software. Newer versions are worse, trusting third-party providers and installing without much intervention.