GUI apps often come in Flatpak[1] these days - which are sandboxed[2] like you are expecting. Flathub[3] is the primary place to get GUI apps, but many distros

GUI apps often come in Flatpak[1] these days - which are sandboxed[2] like you are expecting. Flathub[3] is the primary place to get GUI apps, but many distros also have their own app store too. Flatseal[4] is a GUI that allows you to mange the sandboxes/permissions. You can also manage them via cli if you prefer. For CLI apps, you can use distrobox[5] or toolbx[6]. [1] https://flatpak.org/ https://flatpak.org/ [2] https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/basic-concepts.html#sandboxes https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/basic-concepts.html#sandb... [3] https://flathub.org/en https://flathub.org/en [4] https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal [5] https://distrobox.it/ https://distrobox.it/ [6] https://containertoolbx.org/ https://containertoolbx.org/