“80% of all viruses target Windows because that’s what most people use and they have most the market share for desktops.”
Except that is only half the story. Truth is except for just a couple exploits in the history of Linux, all the exploits had to be physically and manually entered into a local system that had been rooted with proper admin credentials. That requirement of having hands physically on your box and credentials to root it to make the exploit work is huge. Don’t let anyone you don’t trust near your box and you are golden with Linux. It cannot be exploited by hidden or remote efforts because it can’t be rooted.
No doubt, Linux is more secure of an environment, and also far more stable.
That’s what I run at home for that reason.
I also like a system that does what it tells it to do, not what tells me what I’m allowed to do.