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boxxy puts bad Linux applications in a box with only their files.

9 mentions on Hacker News by 6 people: 2 stories, 7 comments · first 2023-02-09 · latest 2024-08-28

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    Boxxy puts bad Linux applications in a box with only their files
    story by icar · 2024-08-28 · 98 comments
  2. …tool to control where Linux applications put their files via bind mounts and environment variables: https://github.com/queer/boxxy I've heard that it's made it as far as university HPC clusters to help control iffy code written by…
    comment by notamy · 2024-04-06 · in What is the most useful project you have worked on?
  3. …away here from "master" because of the connotation. Personally, my favourite is this Github repo https://github.com/queer/boxxy The primary branch is called "mistress". haha, that's good
    comment by renewiltord · 2024-01-06 · in Human sperm cooperate on the competitive pathway to fertilization: study
  4. …is a safe bet even with Docker images as inputs. Sorry for adding more YAML to the world :P [1] https://github.com/queer/boxxy [2] https://github.com/queer/floppy-disk [3] https://github.com/queer/flop [4]…
    comment by notamy · 2023-09-11 · in Show HN: peckish, a CLI/Rust library for Linux package manipulation
  5. …If on Linux this tool allows you to move config dir and file locations transparently. Pretty neat. https://github.com/queer/boxxy
    comment by moondev · 2023-03-24 · in Use the XDG Base Directory Specification
  6. …comment, but if you are Rusting on Linux, you can use boxxy to fix bad behaving applications. https://github.com/queer/boxxy
    comment by happymellon · 2023-03-24 · in Use the XDG Base Directory Specification
  7. Would this work? https://github.com/queer/boxxy [Edit] woops, I didn't notice that it is linked right at the bottom.
    comment by happymellon · 2023-03-24 · in Use the XDG Base Directory Specification
  8. Does this use namespaces or chroot? The readme mentions namespaces (like Flatpak?), but https://github.com/queer/boxxy/blob/mistress/src/enclosure/m... seems to indicate it uses chroot.
    comment by nyanpasu64 · 2023-02-09 · in Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put files, without symlinks
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    Show HN: boxxy – Control where Linux programs put files, without symlinks
    story by notamy · 2023-02-09 · 239 comments