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.

Latest from Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Ubuntu "Hardy Heron" announced

Jono Bacon, Community Manager for Ubuntu, has announced the next version of Ubuntu - Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron.

August 29, 2007 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

Ubuntu 7.10 - One sweet OS

My ISO of Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" finished downloading a few hours ago and I've had some time to explore this new Linux distro.

October 18, 2007 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex

On Saturday the first alpha release of Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" was made available for download. So what's new on the horizon for Ubuntu users?

July 6, 2008 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

First look: Ubuntu 9.04

With the final release of Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" only days away (scheduled for April 23, 2009), let's take a look at the Release Candidate.

April 20, 2009 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

Ubuntu 7.04

Taking a look at Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn" alpha

December 9, 2006 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 1

First look at Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Beta 1

March 31, 2011 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

GNOME 3.0 has landed!

Today sees the GNOME Desktop project released GNOME 3.0, the first major release of the free and open source desktop environment in nine years.

April 7, 2011 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

HDCP master key spawns open source encryption/decryption code

Remember that HDCP master key that was leaked a few weeks back? Remember how Intel tried to downplay the leak at the time claiming that they key was useless unless incorporated into hardware? Well, it seems that it might not be that useless after all.

September 29, 2010 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

Microsoft IE9 SunSpider JavaScript results raise questions

A Mozilla engineer has uncovered an oddity with Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 where one test that is part of the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark gives an odd, unexpected result.

November 16, 2010 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

Three things Microsoft need to do NOW to prove it loves open souce

Back in 2001 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called Linux a "cancer" that threatened the company, but now the Redmond giant claims to "love open source." Well, actions speak louder than words.

August 24, 2010 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Open Source

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