Merge pull request #1 from Umeh832/gh-branch-

Update ubuntu-latest to use Ubuntu 24.04

Author: Umeh832

.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   analyze:
     name: Analyze
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
       # only required for workflows in private repositories
       actions: read

.github/workflows/create_github_release.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   Create_GitHub_release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/create_pull_request.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   Create_pull_request:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/linter.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Lint JSON & MD files
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code

.github/workflows/merge_pull_request.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   Merge_pull_request:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/powershell-tests.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   powershell-tests:
     name: PowerShell tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
             Invoke-Pester -Output Detailed "helpers/software-report-base/tests"
-        
+        

.github/workflows/update_github_release.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   Update_GitHub_release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

README.md

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 # GitHub Actions Runner Images
 
 **Table of Contents**
@@ -21,8 +20,8 @@ To build a VM machine from this repo's source, see the [instructions](docs/creat
 
 | Image | YAML Label | Included Software | Rollout Status of Latest Image Release |
 | --------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
-| Ubuntu 24.04 | `ubuntu-24.04` | [ubuntu-24.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu24.json) |
-| Ubuntu 22.04 | `ubuntu-latest` or `ubuntu-22.04` | [ubuntu-22.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu22.json) |
+| Ubuntu 24.04 | `ubuntu-latest` or `ubuntu-24.04` | [ubuntu-24.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu24.json) |
+| Ubuntu 22.04 | `ubuntu-22.04` | [ubuntu-22.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu22.json) |
 | Ubuntu 20.04 | `ubuntu-20.04` | [ubuntu-20.04] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fubuntu20.json) |
 | macOS 15 <sup>beta</sup> | `macos-15-large`| [macOS-15] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15.json) |
 | macOS 15 Arm64 <sup>beta</sup> | `macos-15` or `macos-15-xlarge` | [macOS-15-arm64] | ![Endpoint Badge](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.githubusercontent.com%2Fsubir0071%2F385e39188f4280878bada99250e99db7%2Fraw%2Fmacos-15-arm64.json) |