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Linus torvalds, the finnish creator of the linux operating system, mixes his personal story, told in both narrative and email dispatches, with the saga of his development of the linux operating system. Once upon a time linus torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another ne. He can see the ridiculousness in others behavior, but also in his own. Linus torvalds on fun, the linux kernel, and the future. He quips, i couldnt afford software that i liked, so i wrote my own. In this witty and engrossing narrative, linus torvalds, the brilliant mastermind behind the latest technology revolution, chronicles his transformation from pale, skinny helsinki college kid to international folk hero. Linus describes the history of linux in graspable terms and details how the system itself works, without lapsing into mindboggling technical jargon. Torvalds, linus, 1969 up to 20 books are listed, in descending order of popularity just for fun.
Books about torvalds, linus, 1969 what should i read next. The premise of the book was that you kind of move on to fun. Just for fun free summary by linus torvalds and david diamond. It is the story of why and how linux came to be, and a window into the mind of a creative genius. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A fascinating selfportrait of the software mastermind who invented linux and turned the high tech.
Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Once upon a time linus torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Almost anyone who has heard of computers has heard of linux, the computer operating system that is the closest rival to micro softs windows and, get this, is. Get the key points from this book in less than 10 minutes. The story of an accidental revolutionary is a humorous autobiography of linus torvalds, the creator of the linux. Just for fun chronicles torvaldss amazing lifefrom his eccentric childhood in finland, to his gangly, geeky teenage years when his greatest joy was writing programs on his grandfathers vic20 computer, to his rise to worldwide fame with linux. Publication date 2001 topics linux, computers, technology, history. Ten years ago, college student linus torvalds retreated to his own computer to write code. Brimming with torvaldss candid observations and opinions, this is a mustread for anyone who wants to know where high tech and business are going. But then again, the worlds leading promoter of open source software and creator of the.
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Just for fun by linus torvalds, david diamond audio book simply. I have to say, however, that the book is like two books mixed into one. Linus torvalds is already a folk hero within the technolgy world, often mobbed at trade shows and forever asked to give interviews by the media. Torvalds comes across as unassuming and possessed of an excellent sense of humor. The story of an accidental revolutionary diamond, david. Almost anyone who has heard of computers has heard of linux, the computer operating system that is the closest rival to micro softs windows and, get this, is free. Torvalds personal account makes the book fascinating. It comes across in the book that the author did his research. Just for fun the story of an accidental revolutionary. The story of an accidental revolutionary by linus torvalds and david diamond audio is a jaunty book about the early, dysfunctional days and brilliant albeit still young career of linux developer linus torvalds.
Who would have thought that one day it would run all the worlds super computers, most of the giant internet servers, most of the cloud computing and storage systems, many major networks london stock exchange for one. Just for fun by linus torvalds, david diamond wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. Just for fun chronicles torvalds s amazing lifefrom his eccentric childhood in finland, to his gangly, geeky teenage years when his greatest joy was writing programs on his grandfathers vic20 computer, to his rise to worldwide fame with linux. Once youre guaranteed survival, and once youre guaranteed that you have a social connection to the world around you, then you want to get to the point where the most motivating thing in your life is fun. It has become a revolution since then and today it powers most of the web, embedded devices and all of the top. Part autobiography and part business philosophy, just for fun brims with biographical detail about the radical spirit and creativity of linus torvalds. The story of linus torvalds for the last couple of weeks, my bedside reading has been this halfbiography, halfautobiography on linus torvalds.
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In short, just for fun tells the inspiring story of how a single passionate software developer can change the world and have fun doing it. Just for fun linus torvalds paperback books online raru. It offers a unique glimpse into the mind of an accidental revolutionary and how the altruistic. What began as a childhood hobby soon became the astonishing. For reading this ebook first you have to install fbreader or any other ebook reader in your linux system or else you can download pdf. Linus writes in just for fun as he does on the kernel mailing list direct and to the point. Here are 20 facts about the linus torvalds, the creator of linux kernel. A fun read written by anonymous from lawrence, ks on april 27th, 2005. In 1991, at the age of 21, linus torvalds, then a student at helsinki university, sat down in his mothers apartment and wrote the powerful linux operating system. Just for fun, linus torvalds david diamond shop online for. Once upon a time linus torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy helsinki techie.
Contribute to limkokholejustforfunlinustorvalds development by creating an account on github. Just for fun is a candid narrative by linus torvalds. He claims to this day that he invented linux just for fun. Linus torvalds is married to tove torvalds nee monnia sixtime finnish national karate championwhom he first met in late 1993.
In this keynote presentation, torvalds joined the linux foundation executive director jim zemlin in conversation about linux kernel development and how to get young open source developers involved. Just for fun linus torvalds paperback books online. He began as a selfproclaimed nerd and even a jerk who labored to create an operating system in his garage and eventually became the. He later became the chief architect of the linux kernel, and now acts as the projects coordinator. Linus benedict torvalds is a software engineer and hacker, best known for having initiated the development of the linux kernel. Once upon a time linus torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy helsinki techie who had been fooling around.
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