This is the story of Linus Torvalds, the maverick Finnish computer genius who invented the powerful LINUX operating system. As well as being free, LINUX is more powerful and stable than anything that Microsoft can offer, thus making Torvalds Bill Gates' number one enemy. Today, LINUX is exploding on to the market, and its creator is household. Linus Torvalds is already a folk hero within the technolgy world, often mobbed at trade shows and forever asked to give interviews by the media. But Torvalds is a most unlikely celebrity: a family man, he lives in a cramped house in Santa Clara with his wife, Tove, a Finnish karate champion, and their two daughters. He claims to this day that he invented LINUX "just for fun". --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Linus Torvalds was born in finland and graduated from the University of Helsinki.He is Currently a programmer for several projects at Transmeta.He lives in San Jose,California,With his wife and children. DAVID DIAMOND has written for the New York Times,Wired,USA Weekend,and many other pulbication.He Lives in Kentfield,Calitfornia,with his wife and Daughter.