• InnerScientist@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Define “sandboxed”

    Application can only access a limited part of the system? = use flatpak or build a container/VM image using the nix pkgs.

    Application can be uninstalled completely and has separate libraries? I prefer nix.

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    I’d say Nix requires some experience, so if you are new to Linux, definitely go with Flatpak. I believe Flatpak also provides stronger sandboxing.

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    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

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      2 months ago

      They can be isolated because Nix has in-built support for three different levels of sandboxing - virtual machines, containers as well as ephemeral shells.

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    Flatpaks are easier to use in most distros. If you’re using NixOS, then Nix of course. But if you want to do a lot of CLI stuff, then Nix may be better too.