Releases: TigerVNC/tigervnc
TigerVNC 1.9.0
The new TigerVNC 1.9.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:
- Alternative, "raw" keyboard mode in the native client and all servers
- CapsLock/NumLock/ScrollLock synchronisation in the native client and all servers
- Automatic "repair" of JPEG artefacts on screen in all servers
- Support for UNIX sockets in the native client and in the UNIX servers
- Both clients now warn when sending the password over a possibly insecure channel
- Performance improvements in the Java client
- The Java client now requires Java 7
- Improved high latency handling in all servers
- Better keyboard handling in the native client on Windows
- Slightly better keyboard handling in x0vncserver
- x0vncserver now supports cursors and screen resize
- Xorg 1.20 can now be used as a base for Xvnc/libvnc.so
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.9.0/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.9.0 Beta
A beta of TigerVNC 1.9.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:
- Alternative, "raw" keyboard mode in the native client and all servers
- CapsLock/NumLock/ScrollLock synchronisation in the native client and all servers
- Automatic "repair" of JPEG artefacts on screen in all servers
- Support for UNIX sockets in the native client and in the UNIX servers
- Both clients now warn when sending the password over a possibly insecure channel
- Performance improvements in the Java client
- The Java client now requires Java 7
- Improved high latency handling in all servers
- Better keyboard handling in the native client on Windows
- Slightly better keyboard handling in x0vncserver
- x0vncserver now supports cursors and screen resize
- Xorg 1.20 can now be used as a base for Xvnc/libvnc.so
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.9beta/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.8.0
The full release of TigerVNC 1.8.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:
- Overhaul of the Java client to match the look and behaviour of the native client
- Initial work for multi-threaded decoding in the Java client
- vncconfig no longer needed for clipboard with Xvnc/libvnc.so
- vncserver has system wide config support
- Reduced CPU usage in the native viewer on macOS
- macOS requirement raised to 10.6
- Full support for alpha cursors in Xvnc/libvnc.so and both viewers
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.8.0/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.8.0 Beta
A beta of TigerVNC 1.8.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:
- Overhaul of the Java client to match the look and behaviour of the native client
- Initial work for multi-threaded decoding in the Java client
- vncconfig no longer needed for clipboard with Xvnc/libvnc.so
- vncserver has system wide config support
- Reduced CPU usage in the native viewer on macOS
- macOS requirement raised to 10.5
- Full support for alpha cursors in Xvnc/libvnc.so and both viewers
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.8beta/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.7.1
This is a security update for TigerVNC 1.7.0 which fixes a memory overflow issue via the RRE decoder. A malicious server could possibly use this issue to take control of the TigerVNC viewer.
Users are advised to upgrade as soon as possible.
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.7.1/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.7.0
The proper release of TigerVNC 1.7.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:
- Multi-threaded decoder in the FLTK viewer
- Windows Vista/2008 is now the minimum requirement
- Improved SSH integration in the Java viewer
- Fine grained lock down of Xvnc parameters
- Compatibility with Xorg 1.18
- Lots of packaging fixes
- Better compatibility with Vino, both in the FLTK and Java viewer
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.7.0/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.7.0 Beta
A beta of TigerVNC 1.7.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since
the last release, but the highlights are:
- Multi-threaded decoder in the FLTK viewer
- Windows Vista/2008 is now the minimum requirement
- Improved SSH integration in the Java viewer
- Fine grained lock down of Xvnc parameters
- Compatibility with Xorg 1.18
- Lots of packaging fixes
- Better compatibility with Vino, both in the FLTK and Java viewer
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.7beta/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.6.0
TigerVNC 1.6.0 is now available. This release is mostly about fixing various bugs and polishing existing features, but there are some notable new things:
- Multi-head support in the Java viewer
- Better certificate handling in the Java viewer, including host name verification
Note that this is the final version of TigerVNC with Windows XP support. The next version will require at least Windows Vista.
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.6.0/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.6.0 Beta
A beta of TigerVNC 1.6.0 is now available. This release is mostly about fixing various bugs and polishing existing features, but there are some notable new things:
- Multi-head support in the Java viewer
- Better certificate handling in the Java viewer, including host name verification
Note that this is the final version of TigerVNC with Windows XP support. The next version will require at least Windows Vista.
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/beta/1.6beta/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers
TigerVNC 1.5.0
TigerVNC 1.5.0 is now available. Lots of changes have been made since the last release, but the highlights are:
- IPv6 support in the servers
- You can now have two passwords, one for full access and one for "view only".
- syslog support in Xvnc
- GnuTLS priority configuration
- Performance fixes
- You can now easily start more clients on OS X
- More translations
Binaries are available from SourceForge:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tigervnc/files/stable/1.5.0/
Regards
The TigerVNC Developers