▲ 642 ▼ Andrew just wants to open his files on Windows 10 (programming.dev) submitted 2 years ago by starman@programming.dev to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml 151 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-10-why-dont-i-have-permission-to-open-my/6f33e814-3cc6-4ce6-993c-dffcf1bb5b75
[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sandboxed rather than containerised I think. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) what was the difference for those of us who dont know, like andrew over here 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Sandboxed typically restricts a program from being able to read/write to various areas (think an app isn't allowed to use the network, or access USB devices, or it's only allowed access to a certain directory in the filesystem). Containerised is a way of virtualising an app/apps so that they can be easily distributed to run once or thousands. They can and are also sandboxed to different degrees. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) what was the difference for those of us who dont know, like andrew over here 😂 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Sandboxed typically restricts a program from being able to read/write to various areas (think an app isn't allowed to use the network, or access USB devices, or it's only allowed access to a certain directory in the filesystem). Containerised is a way of virtualising an app/apps so that they can be easily distributed to run once or thousands. They can and are also sandboxed to different degrees. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] allywilson@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago Sandboxed typically restricts a program from being able to read/write to various areas (think an app isn't allowed to use the network, or access USB devices, or it's only allowed access to a certain directory in the filesystem). Containerised is a way of virtualising an app/apps so that they can be easily distributed to run once or thousands. They can and are also sandboxed to different degrees. permalink fedilink source parent
