David Anderson

Results 30 issues of David Anderson

I'm not sure what's involved. There are both ARM- and Intel-based Chromebooks. Chrome OS is not the same as Android, but apps are distributed through the Play Store.

C: Client - Daemon
C: Manager
T: Task
Feature Request
E: to be determined
C: Build System

A while back we explored having the Windows client run apps under an unprivileged account. I believe we found that this prevented the apps from using GPUs, and we made...

P: Major
T: Task
C: Installer - Windows

It's possible to do scientific computing with GPUs using WebGL, on a variety of devices including phones. The easiest way to do this is from Javascript running in a browser....

Feature Request

(from a user email) boinc_7.8.3_windows_intelx86.exe, available from via , is vulnerable to DLL hijacking: it loads multiple Windows system DLLs from its "application directory", typically the user's "Downloads" directory "%USERPROFILE%\Downloads",...

P: Major
C: Installer - Windows

I got a user email saying the BOINC doesn't support bluetooth tethering (i.e. routing IP traffic over bluetooth). Is this an app-specific function? Doesn't seem like it would be.

C: Android - Manager
P: Minor
T: Enhancement
Feature Request

Fixes #41 (!) Previously there were single prefs for - % of CPUs - % of CPU time - suspend if non-BOINC CPU load above X These applied whether or...

C: Client - Daemon
C: Client - Scheduler Policy
C: Manager
C: Web - Other
T: Enhancement
PR: Review required

Win 10: I selected the BOINC screensaver. It kicked in and worked OK, but when I moved the mouse it didn't go away. Instead the screen went black except for...

C: Client - Screen Saver
P: Major
T: Defect

If max_used_gb or max_used_pct are zero (in client prefs) treat as "no limit". I haven't tested this.

C: Server - Scheduler
P: Minor
T: Bugfix
PR: Review required

There was a request for an RPC to provide info about an account, similar to the BOINC am_get_info.php RPC. I can do this if someone convinces me that it will...

Related issues: #3405, #1187 The notion of "in use" (for computing preferences) means any interactive use of the host. This includes: 1) a physical terminal connected via RS-232 2) remote...

P: Major
T: Task
C: Client - Linux
GSoC
GSoC: 175 hours
GSoC: Hard
GSoC: C++