Do you need to have a firewall on a linux desktop?

Linux@lemmy.ml – 97 points – 9 months ago

Hi. I wanted to know if it's needed to install a firewall on a linux desktop/laptop. Why yes or why no?

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If your computer is connected to a network, I don't see any downside of enabling a firewall. It's a good security layer to have and costs basically no resources to keep running.

I guess a downside is having to fiddle with it, allowing stuff you want to get through. Sometimes it blocks stuff you don't want blocked

I'd rather have to open up stuff my self then have an uninvited visitor doing it without me knowing about it.

Well sure, but I was commenting about the downsides