![]() ![]() ![]() Glyn Moody's Rebel Code also zooms in on Torvalds' background and the evolution of the Linux kernel. Luckily, the book is very much a collaboration sections written by Diamond appear intermittently in italic type and often supply important background about Torvalds' parents and their lefty politics. For Torvalds, life progresses from a fight for survival to a struggle to maintain the social order, and, finally, to a quest for entertainment. ![]() Sounds like fame has been good to the man. More recently, he wonders whether a truly livable house in the Bay Area really has to cost $5 million. At the beginning of his life, he has his head buried in code. The front section of the book, a breezy account of Torvalds' youth in Finland, offers terse sentences, cavalier insights, and few juicy details. In Just for Fun, Diamond helps to paint a picture of Torvalds as a cocksure guy who just wants to have fun - which, in his case, translates to building software. ![]()
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