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I want to run certain applications that are Windows only, and I wanted to know if there is any sand boxing as most of the programs that are Windows only tend to be invasive. I know VMs are another option but there is usually a performance toll with that and I am running a low to mid range laptop

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[–] clodimus@beehaw.org 48 points 1 year ago

Try Bottles! It's a well designed app that allows you to create and manage Wine environments. It's released as a Flatpak, so it benefits from sandboxing (especially if you harden things with a tool like Flatseal). https://usebottles.com

[–] jernej@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

No, not by deafult (some windows viruses are compatible with wine)

[–] ichbinjasokreativ@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

You could create systemd services to control wine for each app you want to run, that way you can use systemd's sandboxing.

[–] Toidi@artemis.camp 2 points 1 year ago

You could try Sandwine https://github.com/hartwork/sandwine not used personally but looks like it has enough restrictions built in.