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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Desktop Linux has nearly no app security. So the VM approach is a malware prevention. Android is the most used OS in the world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mainly for server applications, not for protecing like your .bashrc, your .ssh or .gnupg folder etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You cam teach it expected behaviour of apps...but for .folders I would say that falls under SELinux, which seems to have a learning curve to it