title: Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
author:  Steven  Levy 
description: "A remarkable collection of characters . . . courageously exploring mindspace, an inner world where nobody had ever been before." -- <i>The New York Times</i>
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  Just for Fun
  
  
  
  
  
  The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
  
  
  
  
  
  by  
    
   **Linus Benedict Torvalds**
  
  
  
  
  
  2001
  
  
  
  
  
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  **Just for Fun**  
  The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary  
    
  Copyright © 2001 **Linus Benedict Torvalds**
  
  
  
  
  
  Co-Author: David Diamonds  
  
  
    
  
  
  First Published 2001 by HarperBusiness  
  
  
  ISBN 0066620732 (ISBN13: 9780066620732)
  
  
  
  
  
    
  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