Release 21.03.1

Release 21.03.1

• hook script post_push has been improved
  • environment variable PROHIBIT_README_PUBLISHING can be used to prevent the publishing of readme file to Docker Hub deployment repositories
  • useful for testing on Docker Hub or by building from non-default branches

Release 21.03

Release 21.03

• Chromium and Firefox web browsers are image features now

  • they are controlled by the following variables in the hook script env.rc:
    • FEATURES_CHROMIUM, FEATURES_FIREFOX and FEATURES_FIREFOX_PLUS
  • Dockerfiles Dockerfile.xfce, Dockerfile.xfce.chromium, Dockerfile.xfce.firefox have been merged into the file Dockerfile.xfce

• Both the application user name and the sudo password can be set independently from the VNC password now (in build-time)

  • build argument ARG_HEADLESS_USER_NAME sets the application user name and also the home directory name
  • build argument ARG_SUDO_PW sets the default application user's password, which is also the default sudo password

• Container startup scripts have been updated

  • startup scripts have been moved into docker/src/xfce-startup
  • script set_user_permissions.sh has been improved
    • file permissions are not set to 777 any more
    • different permissions are assigned in images built with the feature FEATURES_USER_GROUP_OVERRIDE (fugo tags)
  • script user_generator.rc has been improved
    • supports renaming the application user (build argument ARG_HEADLESS_USER_NAME)
  • script vnc_startup.rc has been improved
    • supports overriding VNC/noVNC parameters in run-time
  • all version_sticker.sh scripts have been merged into the file docker/src/xfce-startup/version_sticker.sh

• VNC/noVNC parameters, ports, password and DISPLAY can be overridden three ways now

  • at image build-time by setting the environment variables through build arguments:
    • ARG_VNC_PW sets the variable VNC_PW (VNV/noVNC password)
    • ARG_VNC_DISPLAY sets the variable DISPLAY
    • ARG_VNC_PORT sets the variable VNC_PORT
    • ARG_VNC_RESOLUTION sets the variable VNC_RESOLUTION
    • ARG_VNC_COL_DEPTH sets the variable VNC_COL_DEPTH
    • ARG_VNC_VIEW_ONLY set the variable VNC_VIEW_ONLY
    • ARG_NO_VNC_PORT sets the variable NO_VNC_PORT
  • at container startup-time by setting the above environment variables through the docker run -e options
  • at VNC/noVNC startup-time by setting the above environment variables through a mounted external file (see README for more information)
    • file example-vnc-override.rc has been added

• hook script pre_build has been improved

  • environment variable PROHIBIT_BUILDING can be used to prevent the building and publishing of the image unconditionally
  • it is useful for testing the auto-building on Docker Hub before release

• Other changes

  • Readme files significantly updated (long versions for GitHub)
  • Mousepad editor presets added
  • version sticker's desktop launcher got an icon
  • example files moved into docker/src/examples
  • embedded readme files introduced
    • base readme file got a desktop launcher
    • other readme files go into the application user's home directory
  • project [Discussions][this-discussions] introduced

• Updated versions:

  • Ubuntu 20.04.2
  • Firefox 86.0

Release 21.02.1

Release 21.02.1

• dconf-editor simple configuration storage system graphical editor added

Release 21.02

Release 21.02

• VNC password not enforced any more (issue #6)
  • it can be disabled by run -e VNC_PW=""
  • readme files also updated

Release 21.01

Release 21.01

• TigerVNC switched from the nightly builds (1.11.80) back to the latest release (1.11.0)

Release 20.12.2

Release 20.12.2

• Chromium Browser release auto-detection added

Release 20.12.1

Release 20.12.1

• Utility util-readme.sh for previewing and publishing README files from local computer has been added

Release 20.12

Release 20.12

• Initial release
  • xfce into accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce-g3
  • xfce-chromium into accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce-chromium-g3
  • xfce-firefox into accetto/ubuntu-vnc-xfce-firefox-g3

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