Just for Fun The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 0/5, Love & Romance 1/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 1/5, Fear / Horror 0/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 1/5.
Description
In 1991, at the age of 21, Linus Torvalds, then a student at Helsinki University, sat down in his mother's apartment and wrote the powerful Linux operating system. Perhaps even more astounding than his programming prowess is what Torvalds did with it: he gave it away - free! The Linux operating system became available to anyone who wanted to down load it. Instead of money, Torvalds asked people for suggestions to improve the system.