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Just for Fun
The Story of an Accidental Revolution
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Linus Torvalds, the Finnish creator of the Linux operating system, mixes his personal story, told in both narrative and e-mail dispatches, with the saga of his development of the Linux operating system. Torvalds’ personal account makes the book fascinating. He began as a self-proclaimed nerd (and even a jerk) who labored to create an operating system in his garage and eventually became the head of the world’s largest open source project. By requiring buyers and licensees to keep the Linux source code open, Torvalds assures the continued technological evolution of his system. The episodic nature of the book makes it choppy, the technical descriptions are hard for the uninitiated to track and co-writer David Diamond’s digressions are revealing about Torvalds’ personal life, but a little disruptive. This entertaining, interesting book may even lead you to consider using Linux on your computer, whether or not you are another self-proclaimed computer nerd.
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About the Authors
Linus Torvalds was born in Finland and graduated from the University of Helsinki. He created the Linux operating system and is currently a programmer at Transmeta. David Diamond has written for The New York Times, Wired, USA Today, BusinessWeek and many other publications
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