This is the much anticipated autobiography of Linus Torvalds, one of the stars of the technology world, selected as one of the 100 most influential people in the 21st century, and who is on the verge of becoming a household name. Linus Torvalds is a most unlikely celebrity: a family man, he lives in a cramped house with his wife, Tove, a Finnish karate champion, and their two daughters.
At the age of 21, Linus Torvalds, whilst still a student at Helsinki University, wrote the Linux operating system, that today is more powerful and stable than anything that Microsoft can offer. Moreover, Linux is free! He claims to this day that he invented Linux "just for fun".
This book traces the origins of the Linux operating system and the man who invented it. Linux is seen as a genuine threat to Microsoft's domination of computing software; already, whole countries (such as China) have adopted Linux as their main operating system.
