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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by WesolyKubeczek on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @04:02PM (#38451260)
> Use separate accounts for work and entertainment.

Doesn't quite save you if one of your work programs secretly siphons all your clipboard contents away to a third party. This is why we can't have nice things.

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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by foul on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @05:32PM (#38452374)
You're thinking too much in the realm of user-friendly. Of course on openBSD you would enclose work programs in a xephyr and an ad hoc rdomain, or connect a xephyr to a vmm's Xenocara with its own tap device. Xephyrs don't share clipboard per default.
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Re:Some might not see how much work it was to maintain xorg ... by anthk on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @06:02PM (#38452805)
Also XTerm (UXTerm too) has a flag to lock the keyboard and mouse input to that XTerm and nothing can read or snoop that.
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