1) Message boards : BOINC client : My Wish List (Message 56307) Posted 28 Sep 2014 by d3teur Post: I know this has been requested (and denied) in the past, but I'm hoping the dev team can reconsider automatic updates. I'm considering a johnny Appleseed-esque crusade, wherein I acquire cheap desktops, plop in the best possible specs for the best price, install the boinc client, and then give the computers away for free (to those with internet cnxs). Boom - 2-4 new cores crunching away. The problem is that without automatic updates, these "seeds" will become useless as BOINC gets updated, unless the receiver knows how to update ... and this requires a level of involvement that wouldn't mesh with this type of effort. So perhaps an "enable automatic updates" option? Or a program that can be co-installed, such that the primary boinc client software is free and clear of this exploitable code, but the option still exists? Actually this sounds like something a 3rd party developer could whip together. If only I could code.........

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