Release 20.08.1

Release 20.08.1

• xubuntu-vnc-novnc
  • base image ubuntu:18.04 has been updated to version 18.04.5
    • derived images inherit this change
• Updated versions:
  • Chromium Browser 84.0.4147.105
  • drawio-desktop 13.6.2
  • Node.js current tag 14.8.0 (includes npm 6.14.7)
  • VSCode 1.48.0
  • TypeScript 4.0.2
  • Heroku 7.42.8
  • Angular 10.0.7

Release 20.08

Release 20.08

• xubuntu-vnc-novnc
  • base ubuntu:18.04 image has been updated
    • derived images inherit this change
• Updated versions:
  • Firefox 79.0
  • drawio-desktop 13.5.7
  • Node.js 12.18.3 (includes npm 6.14.6)
    • Node.js current tag 14.7.0 (includes npm 6.14.7)
  • VSCode 1.47.3
  • TypeScript 3.9.7
  • Heroku 7.42.6
  • Angular 10.0.5

Release 20.07.1

Release 20.07.1

• xubuntu-vnc
  • base ubuntu:18.04 image has been updated
  • version_of* updated (to keep it in sync with xubuntu-vnc-novnc project)
  • all above changes inherited by all derived images
• Updated versions:
  • Firefox 78.0.2
  • drawio-desktop 13.4.4
  • VSCode 1.47.1
  • Heroku 7.42.4
  • Angular 10.0.2

Release 20.07

Release 20.07

• xubuntu-vnc-firefox
  • fix in push hook script
• Updated versions:
  • Firefox 78.0.1
  • drawio-desktop 13.3.5
  • Node.js 12.18.2 (includes npm 6.14.5)
    • Node.js current tag 14.5.0 (includes npm 6.14.5)
  • TypeScript 3.9.6
  • Heroku 7.42.2
  • Angular 10.0.1

Release 20.06.2

Release 20.06.2

• xubuntu-vnc
  • version_of.sh updated (Firefox version pattern)
    • this will be inherited by all derived images
• xubuntu-vnc-firefox
  • IMPORTANT: Firefox multi-process mode is default now and therefore larger shared memory (/dev/shm) is required (see bellow)
    • environment variable MOZ_FORCE_DISABLE_E10S is not set by default any more
    • containers with Firefox require larger shared memory (/dev/shm) to run reliably
      • at least 256MB is recommended (default is just 64MB)
      • use docker run --shm-size=256m
        • or shm_size: 256m at service level in docker-compose files
        • see [Firefox multi-process][this-wiki-firefox-multiprocess] in Wiki for description and instructions
    • this fixes the issue #7 (Firefox 77.0.1 scrambles pages)
    • Internet browsing should be sand-boxed now
    • tag multiprocess replaced by singleprocess one
      • which is single-threaded, but
      • please be aware that in this release (still Firefox 77.0.1) webpages still will be scrambled (issue #7)
      • it should be fixed by Mozilla in the next Firefox release
  • all above changes are inherited by all derived images that include Firefox
• Other changes:
  • added some help comments into Dockerfiles
  • README files have been updated
• Updated versions:
  • Firefox 77.0.1
  • drawio-desktop 13.2.4
  • Node.js 12.18.1 (includes npm 6.14.5)
  • VSCode 1.46.1
  • Angular 9.1.9

Release 20.06.1

Release 20.06.1

• Quick mitigation of issue #7 (Firefox 77.0.1 scrambles pages)
  • by rolling back Firefox to version 76.0.1

Release 20.06

Release 20.06

• Fixed a bug in vnc_startup.sh
  • fixes startup-up options --debug and --tail-log
• Updated versions:
  • Chromium Browser 83.0.4103.61
  • Firefox 77.0.1
  • Node.js 12.18.0 (includes npm 6.14.4)
    • Node.js current tag 14.4.0 (includes npm 6.14.5)
  • VSCode 1.45.1
  • Typescript 3.9.5
  • Heroku 7.42.1
  • Angular 9.1.7

Release 20.05

Release 20.05

• Updated versions:
  • Chromium Browser 81.0.4044.138
  • Firefox 76.0.1
  • Inkscape 1.0
  • Node.js current tag 14.2.0 (includes npm 6.14.4)
  • VSCode 1.45.0
  • Typescript 3.9.2
  • Heroku 7.41.1
  • Angular 9.1.5

Release 20.04.8

Release 20.04.8

• xubuntu-vnc
  • using base image tag ubuntu:18.04 explicitly
    • env hook script updated accordingly
    • note that the tag latest now means based on ubuntu:18.04
  • all above changes inherited by all derived images
• Updated versions:
  • drawio-desktop 13.0.3
  • Node.js 12.16.3 (includes npm 6.14.4)
  • Node.js current tag 14.1.0 (includes npm 6.14.4)
  • Angular 9.1.4

Release 20.04.7

Release 20.04.7

• xubuntu-vnc
  • tini updated to version 0.19.0 (inherited by all derived images)
• Updated versions:
  • drawio-desktop 13.0.1
  • Node.js current tag 14.0.0 (includes npm 6.14.4)
  • Heroku 7.39.5
  • Angular 9.1.3