Re: [OS:N:] Security w/emulation

> Wine runs by creating a virtual C Drive that allows .dll and other files
> to be placed where the program expects to find them. But it doesn't
> change the file and user permissions, so it wouldn't allow a virus to
> find or use what it expected to.

Excellent! That gives me a lot more confidence in recommending Wine. I've
not played around a lot with it so I wasn't too sure what security it had in
it.

> A minor technical point to note is that Wine is not an emulator. Also
> give Wine 3 a whirl in your testing, it's a load faster.

True, Wine isn't an emulator. Keep forgetting about that. And I will
definately get Wine 3 during testing.

Thanks!
Anthony


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