GitHub - microsoft/quicksand: Quickly sandbox your AI agent.

kept by eddie oct 09

Quicksand provides an async Python API to launch, control, and snapshot QEMU virtual machines for safely sandboxing AI agents, supporting mounting, networking, desktop control, and checkpoint/revert operations.

Running npm in a Separate Container when using Claude
The author demonstrates using a separate temporary Docker container with shared mounts to run npm install and generate package-lock.json without polluting the host or Claude container.
also on Alpine, #cloud-computing, #automation, #developer-tools
I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of
A virtual museum ships a Linux VM pre-loaded with 1700+ installs across 570+ distinct operating systems, all pre-configured and ready to run under emulation.
also on QEMU, #open-source, #developer-tools
Just a moment...
Setting up Windows 95 in QEMU on a modern Mac, patching it for fast CPUs, and compiling C programs using Open Watcom via Docker.
also on QEMU, #developer-tools
Divan Visagie
Using FreeBSD as a primary OS for a summer revealed BSD’s diverse family, ZFS’s replaceable‑drive OS installs, focused‑OS benefits, and OpenBSD’s pledge security model.
also on Ubuntu, #open-source, #developer-tools
Omarchy Quattro is already the #3 Linux distro by active 1Password users. Even crazier, on the weekends it's #1, beating out Ubuntu for the
Omarchy Quattro rose to third place among Linux distros used by 1Password users within two weeks of launch, and on weekends it tops the list, overtaking Ubuntu.
also on Ubuntu, #open-source