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  • boxxy

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

  • reverie

    An ergonomic and safe syscall interception framework for Linux. (by facebookexperimental)

    • For a structured approach to ptrace/syscall rewriting, you could try FB's reverie. I worked on and used it during an internship a few years back; it's pretty amazing at what it does.

    https://github.com/facebookexperimental/reverie

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  • Electron

    :electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

    • The fault lies with Electron [0]. Open issue since 2016 to fix this behavior only for it to devolve into a morass of, “What is cache?”

    [0] https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/8124

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