Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds was born in Finland. He graduated from the University of Helsinki and lives with his wife, the six-time karate champion of Finland, and his children. Linus currently works as a programmer on several projects for Transmeta. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Biography - Torvalds, Linus (1970-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 7 Publication Date: 2002-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Torvalds Calls OpenBSD Group "Masturbating Monkeys"
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel, says he's fed up with what he sees as a "security circus" surrounding software vulnerabilities and how they're hyped by security people. Torvalds explained his position in an e-mail exchange with ... [... more]
CIO |
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Linus Torvalds needs no introduction in operating systems or open-source circles. He's the creator, muse and chief developer of the Linux operating system. Torvalds started Linux while he was in college in 1991. Today, Linux is the foundation of ... [... more]
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Linus Torvalds
You may be a hacker and not even know it. Being a hacker has nothing to do with cyberterrorism, and it doesn't even necessarily relate to the open-source movement. Being a hacker has more to do with your underlying assumptions about stress, time ... [... more]
Random House |
Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
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 [... more]
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Linux
Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux Operating System, was born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland. His grandfather had a Commodore VIC-20 that he had the opportunity to work with; by age ten he was already dabbling in programming. He ... [... more]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution ...
Amazon.com Review: Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution is a fascinating look at the raging debate that is its namesake. Filled with writings from the central players--from Linux creator Linus Torvalds to Perl creator Larry Wall--the book [... more]
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Operating Systems Design and Implementation (3rd ...
A great introduction to operating systems: This book is written by Tanenbaum, the main guy behind Minix, which is what Linux was based on. It provides good overviews for basic OS concepts like memory management, file systems, processes, etc. The concepts [... more]
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Linux Universe: Installation and Configuration
Amazon.com Review: In Linux Universe: Installation and Configuration, the medium and the message become one. Even though Linux itself is free, this book/CD-ROM combination is well worth its modest price. You not only get the convenience of having all the [... more]
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
Amazon.com Review: Most 31-year olds can't boast of being the instigator of a revolution. But then again, the world's leading promoter of open source software and creator of the operating system Linux does humbly call himself an accidental revolutionary-- [... more]
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
Amazon.com Review: Most 31-year olds can't boast of being the instigator of a revolution. But then again, the world's leading promoter of open source software and creator of the operating system Linux does humbly call himself an accidental revolutionary-- [... more]
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