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'The best anti-virus is common sense [current year]' - was a meme more than decade ago and is still true. Linux is not safer than any other OS.
The reason why people think otherwise is because statistically, when bad actors release malware it's made for the OS with the largest market share. Which for computers, is still Windows by a landslide.
Apache web servers were, are, and will continue to be common thanks to their cheapness and ease of configuration. And malware (particularly and most recently coinminers) have been a plague on Apache for at least the last few years.
"Nobody's come after my bespoke Linux kernel" is just preaching security-through-obscurity. Which - hey - if you're running a Mint box to host videos on Jellyfin, sure. The absolute worst case scenario is being forced to re-download 1000 hours of tv/movies/music you forgot you even had. But if you're doing any kind of business application or - god forbid - enterprise level application development, you might as well post a "Kick Me" sign on your admin's back as tell your team that Linux is virus-proof.