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## Desktop Environments
Consider using GNOME as your desktop environment. It supports [Wayland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protocol)), a display protocol developed with security [in mind](https://lwn.net/Articles/589147), and implements permission control for privileged Wayland protocols like `screencopy`. There are other desktop environments and window managers with Wayland support, but we am not aware of any permission control implemented by them. One caveat with GNOME is that it is written in unsafe languages, but we think the trade off for permission control is well worth it.
Consider using GNOME as your desktop environment. It supports [Wayland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protocol)), a display protocol developed with security [in mind](https://lwn.net/Articles/589147), and implements permission control for privileged Wayland protocols like `screencopy`. There are other desktop environments and window managers with Wayland support, but we are not aware of any permission control implemented by them. One caveat with GNOME is that it is written in unsafe languages, but we think the trade off for permission control is well worth it.
Wayland's predecessor, [X11](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System), does not support GUI isolation, allowing all windows to [record screen, log and inject inputs in other windows](https://blog.invisiblethings.org/2011/04/23/linux-security-circus-on-gui-isolation.html), making any attempt at sandboxing futile. While there are options to run nested X11 sessions such as [Xpra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xpra) or [Xephyr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xephyr), they often come with negative performance consequences, are not convenient to set up, and are not preferable to Wayland. You should avoid desktop environments and window managers which only support X11.