Richard Hughes

free software programmer
Person human Q136752111
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Richard Hughes

Summary

Richard Hughes is a human[1]. He worked as a programmer[2].

Key Facts

  • Richard Hughes held citizenship in United Kingdom[3].
  • Richard Hughes worked as a programmer[2].
  • Richard Hughes was employed by Red Hat[4].
  • A notable work attributed to Richard Hughes is fwupd[5].
  • A notable work attributed to Richard Hughes is Linux Vendor Firmware Service[6].
  • A notable work attributed to Richard Hughes is PackageKit[7].
  • A notable work attributed to Richard Hughes is GNOME Software[8].
  • Richard Hughes is recorded as male[9].
  • Richard Hughes's instance of is recorded as human[10].
  • Richard Hughes's residence is recorded as London[11].
  • Richard Hughes's official website is recorded as https://hughsie.com/[12].
  • Richard Hughes's official blog URL is recorded as http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/[13].
  • Richard Hughes's number of children is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[14].

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Career and Affiliations

Richard Hughes worked as a programmer[2]. He was employed by Red Hat[4].

Works and Contributions

Notable works include fwupd[5], a free software[15]; Linux Vendor Firmware Service[6], a website[16]; PackageKit[7], an application software[17], founded in 2007[18]; and GNOME Software[8], a free and open-source software[19], founded in 2013[20].

FAQs

What did Richard Hughes do for work?

Richard Hughes worked as programmer[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . osfc.io. osfc.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . osfc.io. osfc.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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