[Linux-aus] LCA Lecture about sandboxing desktop apps

[Andrew Reimers]

Have you looked into QubesOS? (https://www.qubes-os.org/)

It uses VMs to isolate different desktop applications. And has a security
model that doesn't outright suck.

We did a couple of LCA talks on what it is and why people should use it.

I guess it's biggest disadvantages are:

   - It can be a bit of a memory hog. (Especially if you start launching 4x
   copies of firefox in different networking contexts)
   - Applications can't access the GPU, and must be fully software rendered

I've used it as my OS for the last ~ 5-7 years. Feel free to reach out if
you have any questions.

Thanks,
Andrew


On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 at 23:44, Russell Coker via linux-aus <
linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote:

> I recall that there was a lecture at an LCA some years ago about
> sandboxing
> many (most?) desktop apps.  I don't recall if it was using Flatpak, Snap,
> Docker, or something else.  I think that the aim was for version control
> which
> didn't interest me but I am now interested in such things for security.
> Google searches haven't turned up anything on it.  Youtube searches have
> turned up a dozen interesting talks about various container issues but
> only
> from the last ~4 years and I recall there was a good one earlier than that.
>
> Anyone remember anything like that?
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