On 10 July 2016 at 11:05, pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <pelzflorian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > A specter is haunting the GNU/Linux ecosystem: the specter of per-user > containerization. Software like Flatpak and Snappy promise fully > sandboxed GNU/Linux application bundles (instead of merely launching an > application with fewer privileges but without hiding the operating > system, like Bubblewrap or Firejail do). Bundles ship with the version > of their dependencies which they need. Ubuntu is doing something similar it seems https://bregmatter.wordpress.com/2016/07/04/x11-applications-and-unity-8/ This is for their non-deb (deb-less?) distro version, they install debs in containers, each getting their own XMir server. Good for non-trustworthy or exposed apps. -- damjan
