Poisoning the well
One thing that Linux users don’t often do is download and run random binaries from the internet. For years though, this was the only way to install software on Windows, and naturally was a great vector for spreading malware too.
Today there’s the Windows Store, which is generally awful, but does at least provide some reassurances that Universal Windows Program (UWP) applications haven’t been tampered with. Many of those application bundles that you download and execute yourself are also signed with a developer certificate, so even if you don’t check the signatures yourself, you can be reasonably confident the program is what the web page says it is.
Great package management systems have long made Linux users proud.
