ChrisDeb@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlΕλληνικά · 21 days agoShould I use flatpaks or nix pkgs for sandboxed installation ?message-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareShould I use flatpaks or nix pkgs for sandboxed installation ?ChrisDeb@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlΕλληνικά · 21 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarethedeadwalking4242@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·21 days agoNix apps are not sandboxed and you have no control of what resources they have access to or don’t, unless you wrap them with some other program
minus-squareLalSalaamComrade@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-221 days agoThey can be isolated because Nix has in-built support for three different levels of sandboxing - virtual machines, containers as well as ephemeral shells.
Nix apps are not sandboxed and you have no control of what resources they have access to or don’t, unless you wrap them with some other program
They can be isolated because Nix has in-built support for three different levels of sandboxing - virtual machines, containers as well as ephemeral shells.