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Re:The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be si... by michaelt on Sunday October 29, 2023 @10:34AM (#38058983)
> Performance has absolutely nothing to do with sandboxing.

In theory, sure.

In practice, when Ubuntu added a sandbox to the calculator it started taking longer to start than Eclipse. Took them about 4 years to fix it.

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Re:The Windows installer of ImageMagick will no longer be si... by pjmlp on Monday October 30, 2023 @04:32AM (#38066921)
More a matter of execution than the technology.

Sandboxing and virtualization existed in mainframes and micros already for decades, and were originally made available in UNIXes like Tru64 and HP-UX Vaults.

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