On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 7:16 PM, mojosam
wrote:
> > As for security, imagine my surprise when my Linux desktop started
> popping up malware ads, which ran quite happily in Wine.
>
> Precisely my concern!
>
> I will probably eventually create a Windows HVM and
> I will probably eventually create a Windows HVM and just run necessary stuff
> in there. I didn't want to run an entire instance of Windows just to run the
> Kindle app.
There's a good chance you don't need to just for Kindle. I've run many
applications in bare Wine, until I found good
> As for security, imagine my surprise when my Linux desktop started popping up
> malware ads, which ran quite happily in Wine.
Precisely my concern!
I will probably eventually create a Windows HVM and just run necessary stuff in
there. I didn't want to run an entire instance of Windows just
> I was rather shocked to see that PlayOnLinux hogs 800 MB on my hard drive. I
> guess there's support in there for just about every freaking service that any
> Windows application might want. I had just assumed that that stuff would be
> installed on an as-needed basis (Maybe standalone Wine
On 01/31/2017 02:24 PM, mojosam wrote:
>> it does protect you from user errors. e.g.:
>> you have some malicious pdf in a vm.
>> if you have noting to open the pdf, you can't accidentally open it and
>> corrupt your vm.
> Isn't that the concept behind "attack surface"? If the code is there,
>
On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 8:31 PM, Reg Tiangha
wrote:
> On 2017-01-30 03:48 PM, mojosam wrote:
>
>> I am in the process of installing PlayOnLinux into my Fedora 24
>> template. Currently, my only use for it is the Kindle app. I suspect I'll
>> find further need for it
On 2017-01-30 03:48 PM, mojosam wrote:
I am in the process of installing PlayOnLinux into my Fedora 24 template.
Currently, my only use for it is the Kindle app. I suspect I'll find further
need for it in the future. My original plan was to just use the Kindle app in
one of my existing app