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。

Examines the life of Linux creator Linus Torvalds, an "accidental" innovator who helped create the open source software movement, discussing his offbeat Finnish childhood, his interest in computers, and his success with Linux.

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.

Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Torvalds is an international folk hero. 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, Torvalds gives a history of his renegade software while candidly revealing the quirky mind of a genius. The result is an engrossing portrayal of a man with a revolutionary vision, who challenges our values and may change our world.

Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Torvalds is an international folk hero. 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, Torvalds gives a history of his renegade software while candidly revealing the quirky mind of a genius. The result is an engrossing portrayal of a man with a revolutionary vision, who challenges our values and may change our world.