# The Biography of Linus Torvalds

DevFeed: [The Biography of Linus Torvalds](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-biography-of-linus-torvalds-40705.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://radek.io/posts/just-for-fun-the-biography-of-linus-torvalds/>)

Published: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Radek Pazdera](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/radek-pazdera.md>)

Topics: [Linux Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux-kernel.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>)

Tags: [biography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/biography.md>), [book](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/book.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [linux-kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-kernel.md>), [review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/review.md>)

## AI overview

A review of Just For Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary, a book about Linus Torvalds and the development of the Linux kernel. The review discusses the book's autobiographical account of Torvalds's childhood, programming experiences, creation of Linux, and its gradual path to commercial success.

## Source excerpt

A review of his Just for Fun book from 2001