Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.97 (732 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0066620732 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Most 31-year olds can't boast of being the instigator of a revolution. But if you're interested in the idea of technological development as a global team sport, and how a nerdy Finnish transplant to California got the whole game going in the first place, check out Linus's story just for fun, of course. --S. And like an e-mail conversation, the tense often changes, the topics jump back and forth, and the narrators occasionally change, mostly alternating between the Linux man himself and Red Her
Fast Light Reading A good book to get a feel for the life of Linus Torvalds, the inventor of Linux, a computer operating system. The book contains insights into his life, living a frugal computer-geek existence in Finland struggling to make his computer payments to eventually, a mansion in California and getting involved in the "American Dream". It comes across in the book that the author did his research actually spending many personable hours with Linus and family.Aside from an anecdotal biography the book contains some gems. One is Linus's philosophy of the progres. "If you are looking for a glimpse of the Linus Torvalds you could sit down and have a beer with, this book is for you." according to Charley S. This is a very quick read. You could even say fluffy. But I really enjoyed it. I use Linux everyday and it has become my preferred operating system for almost everything except managing the Windows environments that pay my bills.The moments in the book I most enjoyed were reading about Linus' family life, his introduction to computers, and the culture he grew up in. I found all of this very interesting and inspiring.I didn't enjoy the somewhat "serious" chapters toward the end - and in terms of a "good" bit of writing the book falls short. I suspect. Slow start - Great Book I was a little skeptical that I'd like this book in the beginning. I was a little taken back with "I was raised in a laundry basket and we had a lot of snow in Finland". I thought, I don't give one, whatever, about this But in hindsight, the personal side of Linus was what I ended up enjoying the most about the book. We are the same age (ok, that is about the only accomplishment we have in common), and it was kind of fun relating to his experiences with the Vic20 (all of the rich kids could afford the commodore 6Slow start - Great Book A Customer I was a little skeptical that I'd like this book in the beginning. I was a little taken back with "I was raised in a laundry basket and we had a lot of snow in Finland". I thought, I don't give one, whatever, about this But in hindsight, the personal side of Linus was what I ended up enjoying the most about the book. We are the same age (ok, that is about the only accomplishment we have in common), and it was kind of fun relating to his experiences with the Vic20 (all of the rich kids could afford the commodore 64, with a DISK DRIVE!), as well as hi. , with a DISK DRIVE!), as well as hi
Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. The result is an engrossing portrayal of a man with a revolutionary vision, who challenges our values and may change our world.. And his creation LINUX is used by over 12 million people as well as by companies such as IBM.Now, in a narrative that zips along with the speed of e-mail,