Linux simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. And his creation linux is used by over 12 million people as well as by companies such as ibm. Linus torvalds in 1991, as a student at the university of helsinki in finland, linus torvalds created the first linux operating system kernel. The book is a conversational look at the creation of linux and linus life. The resulting linux kernel has been marked by constant growth throughout its history. Just for fun, the 2001 autobiography of linux kernel creator linus torvalds. Linus torvalds is known for disagreeing with other developers on the linux kernel mailing list. Linus torvalds on fun, the linux kernel, and the future. Linux kernel simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. 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. He studied at the university of helsinki from 1988 to 1996. Ensure your research is discoverable on semantic scholar.
Linus torvalds biography childhood, life achievements. The story of an accidental revolutionary pdf download. The story of an accidental revolutionary torvalds, linus, diamond, david on. Linux is open to thousands of developers worldwide for improvisation and is also among the top choices of the developers. He is the founder and coordinator of linux, the unixlike operating system that is beginning to revolutionize the computer industry and possibly much else as well. Taking survival for granted, linux has instead brought people both the social motivations associated with being part of creating it all and the entertainment of an intellectual challenge the fun. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the internet for free. Linux terminal why linus torvalds doesnt use ubuntu or. 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 an accidental revolutionary by linus torvalds.
Ok, perhaps story in the traditional sense of the term is stretching it a. 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. He claims to this day that he invented linux just for fun. Since the initial release of its source code in 1991, it has grown from a small number of c files under a license prohibiting commercial distribution to the 4. Just for fun is the quirky story of how linus torvalds went from being a penniless, introverted code writer in helsinki in the early 1990s to being the unwitting and rather less than penniless leader of a radical shift in computer programming by the end of the decade. The story of an accidental revolutionary up to now regarding the ebook we now have just for fun.
The story of an accidental revolutionary by torvalds. Dollarddesormeaux just for fun linus torvalds ebook. It is supported by a lot of free, opensource, and proprietary software. Brimming with torvalds s candid observations and opinions, this is a mustread for anyone who. Once upon a time linus torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another ne. This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Linus gives the practical reasons why he doesnt use ubuntu or debian. It offers a unique glimpse into the mind of an accidental revolutionary and how the altruistic creation of linux flourished so successfully in the open source movement. Contribute to limkokhole just for fun linus torvalds development by creating an account on github. My initial quasi successful solution was to use imagemagick to manipulate the usps label, convert the packing slip to a png and again, use imagemagick to append them together to create a single graphics file with both. He became famous because of the success of his operating system, linux. Linus torvalds is the worlds most famous computer programmer and also its most famous finn.
Find file copy path sumitbsn add files via upload 4b65888 sep 23, 2016. Linux journals very first issue featured an interview between ljs first publisher, robert young who went on to cofound red hat among other things, and linus torvalds author of the linux kernel. Semantic scholar profile for linus torvalds, with 33 highly influential citations and 19 scientific research papers. The name freax came from joining up the english words free and freak, and adding an x to the name because unix has an x in its name. It begins with the origins of linux and plenty of dwelling on linus lack of a. Just for fun ep, a 1963 split ep by bobby vee and the crickets. Here are some interesting facts you might not know about linux 1. Read this biography to learn more about his childhood, profile, life and timeline. The story of an accidental revolutionary suggestions end users have not nevertheless eventually left the writeup on the sport, or you cannot see clearly nevertheless. Linus benedict torvalds is a computer scientist, born december 28, 1969, in helsinki, finland. Once upon a time linus torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Linus describes the history of linux in graspable terms and details how the system itself works, without lapsing into mindboggling technical jargon. Linux began in 1991 as a personal project by finnish student linus torvalds. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Method to layout graphics file and pdf file for printing. Search results geekbooks free tech pdf ebook library if searching for a ebook just for fun. 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. Linus torvalds biography by the linux information project. The hacker ethic pekka himanen author linus torvalds other 2009 just for fun summary linus torvalds author david diamond. Linus torvalds is the software engineer who created the linux kernel operating system. Im not a programmer anymore in a discussion about linux and programming, linuxs founder, linus torvalds talks about what. The story of an accidental revolutionary reprint by torvalds, linus, diamond, david isbn. The gnulinux naming controversy is a dispute between members of the free software community and opensource software community over whether to refer to computer operating systems that use a combination of gnu software and the linux kernel as gnulinux or linux proponents of the term linux argue that it is far more commonly used by the public and media, and that it serves as a generic.
Just for fun the story of an accidental revolutionary addeddate 20151230 06. Just for fun timeflies album, a 2015 album by american pop duo timeflies. Linus torvalds shared the linux kernel on some internet groups for minix users. In this keynote presentation, torvalds joined the linux foundation executive director jim zemlin in conversation about linux kernel development and how to.
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