Release 23.01

Release 23.01

• builder.sh returns an exit code now
• noVNC and websockify versions updated
• Chromium and Firefox versions updated
• explicit support for the BuildKit added, even if it's not strictly required
• following this release, images with the updated Ubuntu, Chromium and Firefox versions will be published on the Docker Hub without creating parallel new releases on the Git Hub

Updated versions:

• noVNC 1.3.0
• websockify 0.11.0
• Chromium 108.0.5359.71
• Firefox 108.0.2

Release 22.11

Release 22.11

The repository has been revived, because I've noticed, that the images are still being pulled.

This is the first release of the second version (G1v2) of the project, which brings improvements mostly in the building pipeline and helper utilities.

It also merges the previously separated GitHub projects [ubuntu-vnc-xfce-firefox][accetto-github-ubuntu-vnc-xfce-firefox], [ubuntu-vnc-xfce-firefox-plus][accetto-github-ubuntu-vnc-xfce-firefox-plus] and [ubuntu-vnc-xfce-chromium][accetto-github-ubuntu-vnc-xfce-chromium] into this single one.

The first version (G1v1, or simply G1) will still be available in this GitHub repository as the archived branch archived-generation-g1v1.

The most significant changes in this release are:

• The values of the version sticker variables (VERSION_STICKER_*) in the env hook scripts are not hardcoded, but initialized from the related environment variables.
• The helper utility util-refresh-readme.sh does not update the original README.md files, but their clones named scrap_readme.md. The content of this temporary file is intended to be copy-and-pasted to the Docker Hub.

Current versions:

• Ubuntu 18.04.6
• Chromium 107.0.5304.87
• Firefox 107.0

Final G1v1 release 22.03

Final G1v1 release 22.03

The repository is retired and archived. It will not be developed any further and the related images on Docker Hub will not be rebuilt any more. They will phase out and they will be deleted after becoming too old.

Please use the newer third generation (G3) repository accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce-g3 and the related images on Docker Hub instead.

If you still need images based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, then feel free using the repository for building the images locally.

Release 22.01

Release 22.01

• Dockerfile uses TigerVNC releases from SourceForge website

Release 21.10

Release 21.10

• base image ubuntu:18.04 has been updated to version 18.04.6
  • derived images inherit this change

Release 21.09

Release 21.09

• utility builder.sh improved

Release 21.08.1

Release 21.08.1

• utility builder.sh improved

Release 21.08

Release 21.08

• Docker Hub has removed auto-builds from free plans since 2021-07-26, therefore
  • if you stay on the free plan, then
    • you can still build the images locally and then push them to Docker Hub
      • pushing to Docker Hub is optional
      • just follow the added file local-building-example.md
      • you can use the helper utility builder.sh
  • regularity of updates of images on Docker Hub cannot be guaranteed any more

Release 21.04

Release 21.04

TigerVNC from Release Mirror on accetto/tigervnc because Bintray is closing on 2021-05-01 (see issue #1236)

Release 20.12

Release 20.12

• README got links to the third generation (G3) of images