Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmentalization

Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by niutech on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @07:07PM (#8429926)

Isn't it the same as Sandboxie? http://www.sandboxie.com/

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Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by anth1y on Wednesday October 08, 2014 @07:24PM (#8429976)

Qubes is an Xen-based Operating System while Sandboxie is an application for Windows.

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Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by niutech on Thursday October 09, 2014 @02:18AM (#8431063)

But both provide secure application isolation, don't they?

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Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by ayrx on Thursday October 09, 2014 @03:36AM (#8431214)

Linux and Windows both allow you to run Firefox so they must be the same thing right?

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Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by lawnchair_larry on Thursday October 09, 2014 @03:15AM (#8431177)

They are not at all similar.

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Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by leonxy on Thursday October 09, 2014 @10:03PM (#8435891)

:) btw if you're looking for virtualization of apps (not security), Cameyo is great.

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