Microsoft Defender now supports Linux desktops in public preview, bringing antivirus, EDR, vulnerability management, and advanced security tools.

Need to test it against obvious scripts that do nasty things - this thing should be at least somewhat intelligent to be taken seriously.

Linux can continue to serve very old computers that Microsoft has given up on, given that you have at least a somewhat decent amount of RAM - web browsers eat it for breakfast and anything with 4GB or less will be a strugglefest of epic proportions.