alt Hacker News>A sensibly configured [desktop, i.e., not just a headless server] Linux system is very secure compared to your mobile device.
That is not true. It is understandable that you believe it because it gets repeated a lot, but those repeaters are doing what you are, namely repeating what they heard (and sometimes what they want to be true) without sufficient actual knowledge of what they are talking about.
It is fairly true, what is your definition here? The main attack vector today is malicious mails being opened. These usually don't target linux systems and fail to execute.
Sure, it is circumstancial security, but exploits exist for mobile devices as well.