Good evening everyone!
I am happy to announce the release of v0.9.0 today.
Changes
Desktop in the Browser
In version 0.9.0 we are first introducing the linux desktop in the browser.
This works via an automated guacamole setup which is connected to the last introduced SSO (OIDC) so you get a flawless login process for your desktop.
By default a cinnamon desktop with recommended open source software is installed which got a few tweaks to work better with the browser setup:
Because of resource saving measures a user will be logged out automatically after 1 hour of inactivity. This can be disabled in the autostart settings of cinnamon desktop.
Because of security the password inside the desktop session is randomly generated and not visible to the user. This should be okay for all normal usage cases because no administrator rights are ever needed. If you want to enable administrator rights at the desktop for your user an administrator can set a desktop password inside the libre workspace managment section. This option is only available for administrators:
At the time this desktop module serves as a good base. Some improvements like sound handling, printer support, nextcloud integration etc. are possible for the future. I would love to hear your feedback about this!
How to enable cloud desktop at existing Libre Workspaces
You can easily install the new cloud desktop at the modules section inside the system configuration.
New Addon Creator:
Also an addon creator is introduced to speed up the creation of custom modules for libre workspace rapidly. If you only need to add a docker-compose file then this creator propably meets already all your requirements. But in overall this addon creator is meant to give a kind of quickstart. In most cases the created files are a good starting point, and are waiting to get extended, nothing more.
Other changes
- The handling of ipv6 only instances should be better, even if not fully tested for every module. We will see further improvements at this topic in the next months.
You can see the full list of changes here: Full Changelog: Comparing v0.8.4...v0.9.0 · Jean28518/libre-workspace · GitHub
Downloading
You can download the latest version here .
Update
You can easily update Libre Workspace from the system management view if you are logged in as an admin.
Roadmap
What features are coming next? You can find the project board here: Libre Workspace - GitHub
In the next period a wordpress manager will be introduced with which many sites could be easily created. Also basic graphical webserver and firewall settings are planned.
What do you think of the new release? What features or changes would you like to see in Libre Workspace? Let me know in this thread or on Github 