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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by m4rtink on Friday August 27, 2021 @06:34AM (#28326130)
Sandboxing that is both secure and allows non trivial application software to work correctly is HARD.

I'm not convinced anyone actually got both right so far - see how recent sanboxing improvements basically killed Anbox on modern Android versions. Or try to get a ssh/samba server running on a Samsung Galaxy device so you can push files to it to avoid buggy inconvenient MTP - mission impossible!

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Re:I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple by elihu on Friday August 27, 2021 @06:08PM (#28333491)
It's not easy, and probably involves rethinking things like the basic assumptions of a traditional POSIX-style environment. But I think it's a necessary feature these days, and I hope it eventually becomes commonplace in Linux, or perhaps there will one day be a plausible Linux-replacement.
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