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> How about we avoid all antivirus software, integrate virtualization as a key feature of the UI of our operating system, and completely sandbox all apps.

This is basically the end-game for Flatpak:

https://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2017/01/24/the-flatpak-securit...

Flatpak is vendor-neutral, but it will provide the sandbox isolation that may then enable Fedora to ramp up to Atomic Workstation, a fully containerized desktop OS:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Workstation/AtomicWorkstation

Hopefully we will see other Linux distributions integrate the technology as it matures.

FWIW, Microsoft are developing VM-based isolation for the browser:

https://threatpost.com/microsoft-edge-adds-app-guard-browser...



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