Just for Fun. The story of an accidental revolutionary

Publisher: Eksmo-Press, 2002
By Linus Torvalds & David Diamond
Dust jacket, 288 pages.
Book on ozon.ru , books.ru , lib.ru

I am very pleased that the previous recommended book was liked by many, so I decided to offer you another excellent book.
It will appeal to those who have no idea what Linux is and those who are well versed in it.

" Just for Fun " is a mixture of Linus' biography with discourses on technologies and their development paths. Here, a lot of biographical details, small details, giving a lively picture of this most famous Finn in the world. The book allows you to look into his creative kitchen (or rather, the bedroom - it was in the bedroom that the first Linux versions were written) and to understand how modern ideas about the principles of creating software products changed under its influence;

For readers inexperienced in programming, Torvalds unfolds an exciting story of his life. This is the story of a young man who, despite the rapid rise of his career, did not feel dizzy. A healthy sense of humor and a sober approach to himself help Linus to stand firmly on the ground. His story is full of interesting facts and predictions about technical progress and the future of mankind. Linus even makes a half-amusing attempt to uncover the meaning of life.
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For techies - this is a report on one of the most interesting computer projects. The initiator of this project explains in detail how a dozen Linux hackers have become a powerful tool used by huge corporations from a toy. Linus simply and intelligibly describes the system’s history and how it works, without overloading readers with abstruse terminology. Along the way, he shares with his readers his ideas about the future of Linux and the computer industry as a whole.

I re-read this book 2 times (judging by the comments on books.ru and ozon, not I alone re-read it) and I really liked it. From it you can take a lot of interesting and useful for yourself.

PS In print it is almost impossible to find, I recommend to be content with what it is. I myself read on the communicator in .fb2 format