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You don't need Windows for security. If you want isolation, run another Linux separate from your main one and use Wine there all the same.

Windows and security is a poor combination to begin with.

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This is the approach I use. Aside from my main account, I have a separate account Steam, a separate account for Wine applications and another account for miscellaneous applications. I have an iptables rule that I use to selectively disable network traffic from applications I don't want/expect to communicate with the outside world and disable cron and atd to reduce the avenues for persistent applications.

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