Release 24.09

Release 24.09

This is the first G3v6 release, introducing the images based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) (except the FreeCAD image). The previous version G3v5 will still be available in this repository as the branch archived-generation-g3v5.

• default base of the latest images is now Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)
  • there is no snap included
  • Firefox is the latest non-snap version from the Mozilla Team PPA
  • Chromium is the latest non-snap version from the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS distribution
• FreeCAD image is still based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Other changes:

• Default user headless:headless (1000:1000) has been changed to headless:headless (1001:1001).
  • This change has been required for the images based on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat), because those already contain the user ubuntu:ubuntu (1000:1000).
  • The same change has been done also in the FreeCAD image to keep it uniform.
• The directive syntax=docker/dockerfile:experimental has been removed from all Dockerfiles.
• The noVNC starting page has been updated in all images.
  • If no noVNC Client is selected, then the Full Client will start automatically in 10 seconds.
• The hook script release_of has been updated with the intention to report more helpful building errors.

Updated versions:

• Ubuntu to version 24.04
• jq to version 1.7
• Mousepad to version 0.6.1
• nano to version 7.2
• Python to version 3.12.3
• Blender to 4.0.2
• draw.io Desktop to 24.7.8
• Gimp to 2.10.36
• Inkscape to 1.3.2