The frame running around the outside of the plate says mr. Download pdf book 1 just for fun free online new books. The story of an accidental revolutionary is about the life journey of the father of the linux kernel linus torvalds, but not only that. Linus torvalds transformed technology twice first with the linux kernel, which helps power the internet, and again with git, the source code management system used by developers worldwide. He later became the chief architect of the linux kernel, and now acts as the projects coordinator. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Just for fun the story of an accidental revolutionary. Linus benedict torvalds is a computer scientist, born december 28, 1969, in helsinki, finland his parents named him after linus pauling. Linus torvalds never liked the windows operating system in any point of view. The story of an accidental revolutionary request pdf. He started making this system as a student project in 1991. The story of an accidental revolutionary by linus torvalds and david diamond.
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It is mostly written as an autobiography, with shorter sections between chapters from a coauthor, a journalist, david diamond whose idea it was to write a book about linus in the first place. Fetching contributors cannot retrieve contributors at this time. Just for fun linus torvalds paperback harpercollins publishers. Linus torvalds just before he dropped the fbomb on nvidia. Linus torvalds, the creator of linux, and a champion of free and open source software has finally call it a day and has agreed to join microsoft as the project head of the upcoming windows 9 project.
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The story of an accidental revolutionary read online. 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, linux, computer programmers publisher new york. The story of an accidental revolutionary pdf download. Torvalds personal account makes the book fascinating. Your personal folder the igloo is a reference to home which is the place holding your personal files. Just for fun isnt about to win any writing awards boy, i really hope i dont have to eat crow for saying that, but it provides a quick, enjoyable story.
Linus torvalds is known for disagreeing with other developers on the linux kernel mailing list. The story of an accidental revolutionary linus torvalds, david diamond publisher. It begins with the origins of linux and plenty of dwelling on linus lack of a social life too much, actually. What does linus torvald like about microsoft windows. 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. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the. Calling himself a really unpleasant person, he later explained id like to be a nice person and curse less and encourage people to grow rather than telling them they are idiots. And his creation linux is used by over 12 million people as well as. He quips, i couldnt afford software that i liked, so i wrote my own. Once upon a time linus torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another ne. 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 story of an accidental revolutionary reprint by torvalds, linus, diamond, david isbn. The license plate on linus torvalds mercedes slk convertible says it all.
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