Post #3758193
2026-07-12 09:14 UTC
the VM would be linux using proton
Proton is not a VM, it’s a translation layer for Windows API calls based on WINE.
Virtualisation (VMs), sandboxing and API translation layers are fundamentally different in both scope and application.
Proton does not give you any additional security, since Security By Obscurity is a broken concept.
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@nootux@lemmy.ml 2026-07-12 09:59
Ah I did mean that the VM would be using proton inside. i.e. proton would be running in the guest os. I think it was my bad wording. Thanks for confirming what I’d heard about wine / proton not being the same as virtualisation when it comes to preventing malware from running just because it is now on linux. I am also fully aware that just because something is inside a vm, does not mean malware cannot escape. I am just trying to make it less likely.