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Release Notes

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1.6.0

This update brings a number of new features and improvements. The image now contains additional programming languages such as .NET, Julia and Rust. We also bundle additional cloud management tooling such as ansible and terraform.

Other notable changes:

  • Updated OS to Ubuntu 20.04.04.
  • Added pipenv and virtualenv to ease the use of additional virtual environments.
  • Updated RStudio Server to v2022.02.1+461.
  • packer is now provided in addition to docker.
  • The default shell has been switch from bash to zsh.
  • Brand new documentation can be found at https://docs.netcubed.io/products/ubuntu-desktop/
  • Improvement handling of keyboard events with modifiers keys in the browser RDP session.

1.5.1

This is a maintenance release which updates some of the core components of the product. An update is not required but we recommend that you keep the operating system updated (see http://netcubed-ami.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/xworkspace/v1.5.1/#patch-system).

  • Updated OS to Ubuntu 20.04.2
  • Updated RStudio Server to 1.4.1106
  • Updated Jupyter Lab to 3.0.14

1.5.0

  • Updated AWS CLI to version 2 (breaking changes).
  • Provide a separate AMI for Ubuntu 20.10 in addition to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • The ARM64 image is now also running R 4.0.0

1.4.0

Important changes

The default Conda environment is no longer activated by default when starting a terminal session. Primary reason is that Conda ships with a number of binaries that potentially conflict with the system-provided binaries such as NodeJS. To activate the Conda environment for the current terminal session run conda activate.

  • Updated R to 4.0.1 (the ARM Graviton2 image remains on 3.6)
  • Updated RStudio Server v1.3.959
  • Visual Studio Code is now installed using a Snap which supports updating in the background

1.3.4

  • Fixed issue with where the Alt or Ctrl keys in a web RDP session can be stuck in the key-down position
  • Updated base operating system from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04
  • Updated RStudio Server to version 1.2.5042
  • Updated NodeJS runtime to version 14

1.3.3

  • Improved keyboard mapping. Fixes issues with Caps Lock, hotkey combinations such as Ctrl + Alt + T to open a terminal window.
  • Upgraded Guacamole to version 1.1.0 which comes with adaptive compression based on the client's bandwidth
  • Added Let's Encrypt certbot, follow the instructions to obtain signed certificates.

1.3.2

  • Updated RStudio Server to 1.2.5033
  • Fixed issue with multiple users trying to use RStudio Server

1.3.1

  • Included jupyterlab-git for seamless integration with Git repositories
  • Removed native python environment from Jupyter
  • Enabled *.metal instance types

1.3.0

  • Added Jupyter Notebook, Jupyter Labs and RStudio Server to the quick launch menu. This will eliminate the need to start a Desktop or Terminal session to launch these development environments. They are also protected by the same authentication mechanism and encryption in transit is enabled by default.
  • Fix issue with MacOS Catalina where the certificate was marked as revoked (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210176)
  • Provide a separate AMI for Ubuntu 19.10 in addition to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

1.2.2

  • Upgraded Ubuntu to 18.04.3 LTS

  • Enable support for hibernating. Make sure the EBS volume size is large enough to store the RAM contents and enable EBS encryption at launch time. For details, see the Hibernating Prerequisites page.

  • Fixed permissions error with some dot-files and directories in the home directory

  • Fixed issue with Firefox and web-based RDP access

1.2.1

  • Includes SQL Workbench/J
  • Includes JDBC drivers for Athena, Redshift, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL/Aurora located at /etc/jdbc

1.1.0

  • Upload files and folders by simply dragging dropping them from your file explorer into the browser window. See documentation for details.
  • Better cross-browser support.
  • Performance improvements.

1.0.2

This release provides improved session management. The user's session will persist as long as the browser window is not closed. Performance of the in-browser remote desktop experience has been improved and a bug was fixed that resulted in some keys not being recognized by the in-browser terminal.