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by j_s 4731 days ago
I got excited when I saw the Windows installation instructions link, but that is just how to setup Vagrant with VirtualBox to host a Linux machine.

Is there any open-source equivalent to things like Citrix's XenApp, VMWare's ThinApp, Microsoft's App-V, or independent tools like Sandboxie? http://alternativeto.net/software/sandboxie/

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We've been experimenting with Ulteo (http://ulteo.com/home/) as a possible alternative to XenApp.
Sorry, but for now it's the only way to install it on Windows. Thanks for asking j_s.
But why Vagrant? It's an unnecessary dependency that requires installation of more stuff I don't use. Why not distribute a pre-built VBox image and torrent it?
ThinApp, App-V, etc. are pretty much equivalent to a chroot jail on unix.