本书是Linux之父Linus Torvalds的自传。 Linux之父Linus Torvalds的自传，也是Linus唯一一本书。Linus以调侃的语气讲述了自己的成长经历，在他看来，一切都是为了好玩儿，兴趣引发革命。书中内容共分为五章，一部分是Linus自己写的，一部分是合著者David Diamond的评论。 林纳斯•托瓦兹 当今世界最著名的程序员、黑客，开源操作系统Linux之父。生于芬兰，毕业于赫尔辛基大学，1997年～2003年任职于美国加州硅谷的全美达公司，现受聘于开放源代码开发实验室，全力开发Linux内核。2004年，他被《时代周刊》评为世界最有影响力的人之一。 大卫•戴蒙 职业撰稿人，曾为《纽约时报》《连线》《美国周末》及许多刊物供稿。

This is the story of Linus Torvalds, the maverick Finnish computer genius who invented the powerful LINUX operating system. As well as being free, LINUX is more powerful and stable than anything that Microsoft can offer, thus making Torvalds Bill Gates' number one enemy. Today, LINUX is exploding on to the market, and its creator is household. Linus Torvalds is already a folk hero within the technolgy world, often mobbed at trade shows and forever asked to give interviews by the media. But Torvalds is a most unlikely celebrity: a family man, he lives in a cramped house in Santa Clara with his wife, Tove, a Finnish karate champion, and their two daughters. He claims to this day that he invented LINUX "just for fun". --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

本书分为五章，详细地介绍了关于一场革新的便笺、前言：生活的意义、一个书呆子的诞生、大鼻子的孩子、外公的计算机、芬兰的严冬、我的家族、中学时代、长大成人、爱洗桑拿的国家、一种操作系统的诞生、昨天的电脑、上大学、从UNIX开始、第一台386和终端仿真、编程的美妙、开始编程、长腿的终端仿真器、寻求网上帮助等。