Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over two decades to helping users get the most from technology -- whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helpin…g them get the most from their new MP3 player or digital camera. Adrian has authored/co-authored technical books on a variety of topics, ranging from programming to building and maintaining PCs. His most recent books include 'Build the Ultimate Custom PC', 'Beginning Programming' and 'The PC Doctor's Fix It Yourself Guide'. He has also written training manuals that have been used by a number of Fortune 500 companies.

All opinions expressed on Hardware 2.0 are those of Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. Every effort is made to ensure that the information posted is accurate. If you have any comments, queries or corrections, please contact Adrian via the email link here. Any possible conflicts of interest will be posted below. [Updated: February 23, 2010] - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has no business relationships, affiliations, investments, or other actual/potential conflicts of interest relating to the content posted so far on this blog.

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Nvidia responds to Torvalds' F-bomb

In a nutshell: Nvidia makes it clear that it isn't going to change the way it works.

June 20, 2012 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

Move over Raspberry Pi, here is a $20, coin-sized, open-source Linux computer

Looking for a small, cheap Linux-powered computer to put at the heart of your project? Is "coin-sized" small enough? Is $20 cheap enough?

April 5, 2016 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

Ubuntu 10.04 ... now with iPhone/iPod touch support

Whenever I mention Ubuntu (or for that matter any other Linux distro), I'm invariably asked whether the OS offers support for Apple's iPod. The answer has always been "no" ... until now.

February 28, 2010 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

The Linux botweb story that wasn't ...

Late last Friday a story appeared on my radar that seemed interesting - it was about a botweb (a botnet made up of web servers) utilizing Linux web servers. Was Linux cracked? Would Linux fans have to wind in all their security bragging? Was the Linux fortress wall breached? Was the sky falling in?

September 13, 2009 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

Adding new features to Linux has not affected core performance

Phoronix has published the results of a series of benchmark tests on the past five years worth of Linux kernels, from Linux 2.6.12 through to Linux 2.6.37 (dev) releases. The results show that on the whole, new features have not bloated the OS or hit performance.

November 4, 2010 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

Humble Indie Bundle: DRM-free, pay what you want, and help good causes

Pay what you want for five DRM-free games that work on Windows, Mac and Linux.

August 8, 2011 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

1 second Linux boot!

This is seriously impressive - 1 second Linux boot to a Qt application from a cold boot!

January 13, 2011 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

Google dumps Windows for Mac OS and Linux

Following security concerns, the search giant Google is phasing out the use of Windows, according to employees who spoke to FT.com.

May 31, 2010 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

Linux makes gains as Windows and Mac OS slip

Data by web metrics firm Net Applications shows that while both Windows and Mac OS lost usage share in May, Linux made a small gain.

June 1, 2010 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

The age of the fanboy is drawing to a close

In this profession you come across all sorts of fanboys (and for that matter fangirls ... let's not be sexist here, but for the sake of brevity I'll use the term "fanboy" in a gender-neutral way). But the age of the fanboy is drawing to a close

July 23, 2010 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Linux

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