One of the most common recommendations that I read for users that recently installed Linux Mint is to enable their firewall, which is pretty simple to do. But why is the firewall off by default in the first place? Is there any reason for this?
Why is the firewall off by default with Linux Mint?
linux mint;firewall;defaults
Link Mint is an Ubuntu-based distribution intended for desktop systems. One of its chief priorities is ease of use so a firewall just puts into play something that could break things for users. It's easier if the firewall only gets turned on if the operator is someone who knows what such a thing even is versus a novice user saying Why don't it no worky?