Release 20.10

Release 20.10

• updated scripts (all images):
  • version_of.sh
  • version_sticker.sh
  • util-hdx.sh
• Updated versions:
  • Chromium Browser 85.0.4183.121
  • Firefox 81.0

Release 20.09.1

Release 20.09.1

• nano editor added
• Updated versions:
  • Chromium Browser 85.0.4183.83

Release 20.09

Release 20.09

• Firefox 80.0.1

Release 20.08.2

Release 20.08.2

• Firefox 80.0

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

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

Release 20.07.1

Release 20.07.1

• xubuntu-vnc-novnc
  • base ubuntu:18.04 image has been updated
  • noVNC version 1.2.0
  • version_of.sh updated (because of noVNC)
  • all above changes inherited by all derived images
• Updated versions:
  • Firefox 78.0.2

Release 20.07

Release 20.07

• xubuntu-vnc-novnc-firefox
  • fix in push hook script
• Updated versions:
  • Firefox 78.0.1

Release 20.06.2

Release 20.06.2

• xubuntu-vnc-novnc
  • version_of.sh updated (Firefox version pattern)
    • this will be inherited by all derived images
• xubuntu-vnc-novnc-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 more 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][that-wiki-firefox-multiprocess] in Wiki for description and instructions
    • this fixes the issue #2 (Firefox 77.0.1 scrambles pages)
    • Internet browsing should be sand-boxed now
    • tag multiprocess is replaced by singleprocess one
      • which is single-threaded, but
      • please be aware that in this release (still Firefox 77.0.1) webpages will be still scrambled (issue #2)
      • 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

Release 20.06.1

Release 20.06.1

• Quick mitigation of issue #2 (Firefox 77.0.1 scrambles pages)
  • by rolling back Firefox to version 76.0.1