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> This is also disingenuous. For decades before Apple entered the scene, distributed package management was the norm and perfectly functional (while also comple
by dwaite 5y ago
> This is also disingenuous. For decades before Apple entered the scene, distributed package management was the norm and perfectly functional (while also completely free and transparent to maintain).
Could you point me to this sandboxed/containerized packaging system for third party applications with capability-based entitlements that existed decades prior?
AFAIK the only widespread Linux system which has this today is Android. Microsoft added one in Windows 8. Both those happened after the App Store.
- smoldesu 5y agoSure, FreeBSD's FireJail has been sandboxing software for decades.
- heavyset_go 5y agoFreeBSD has jails, Firejail is a sandbox that uses features that are native to the Linux kernel.
- smoldesu 5y agoMy bad, I got the two mixed up. Either of them are effective options for sandboxing though.
- heavyset_go 5y agoYeah, I didn't mean to detract from your overall point that I agree with. For future reference, FreeBSD has Capsicum which implements capability-based security.