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Re:Ask HN: Is Linux Safe to Daily drive in 2026? by nextos on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @08:15PM (#46699993)
I wouldn't use snap or Flatpak, just sandbox using bwrap or firejail. They are really easy to use.

Containers also provide good sandboxing. With distrobox you can run many distributions inside your own within a clean and isolated environment.

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Re:Ask HN: Is Linux Safe to Daily drive in 2026? by iknowstuff on Tuesday January 20, 2026 @08:29PM (#46700083)
Just use flatpak. Let's not steer newbies towards barely maintained untested bespoke solutions.
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Re:Ask HN: Is Linux Safe to Daily drive in 2026? by bigyabai on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @12:57AM (#46701665)
Flatpak uses bwrap, it's not esoteric folklore software. The OP asked a serious question and they're entitled to a serious answer.
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