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• Can I install that on that?

  Posted on August 21, 2023 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  SOFTWARE

  

  By Susan Bradley

  I’m going to see how well the applications and tools I regularly use work on vastly different platforms.

  Can we install a contemporary Linux distribution and still run our favorite Windows applications? What about Windows applications on a Mac? Do you think we can?

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.34.0, 2023-08-21).

  Software ChromeOS, CrossOver, Linus, MacOS, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, virtual machines, Windows

• Taking another look at Sandbox

  Posted on October 18, 2020 at 21:00 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 10 2004

  By TB Capen

  Back in June of last year, we published a first look at Windows 10’s then-new Sandbox feature.

  Simply put, Sandbox creates a virtual version of Windows 10 that you can use for software and configuration testing. Whatever happens in Sandbox mostly stays in Sandbox.

  Sandbox debuted in Windows 10 1903 to great interest … until reports of issues with the tool started rolling in. Now with Win10 2004, Microsoft has enhanced its virtual machine — and hopefully won’t break it again.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.41.0 (2020-10-19).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Windows 10 Releases AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Sandbox, virtual machines, Win10 2004

• How to work and play in Win10’s new Sandbox

  Posted on June 10, 2019 at 02:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  First offered with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (aka Version 1903), the new Sandbox feature provides users a safe, protected area to install and run untested programs.

  Trying out new software is great, but installing and running unknown, untested, or possibly unsafe applications could present a significant risk to your Windows environment.

  One of the better safeguards is sandboxing, which isolates apps from the rest of your system.

  See the full story in the June 10, 2019, AskWoody Plus Newsletter (Issue 16.21.0)

  Hardware, Windows 10 Releases, Windows News AskWoody Plus Newsletter, sandboxing, virtual machines, Win10 1903