foreword
I read "The Autobiography of Linus the Father of Linux - Just for Fun" a long time ago and wrote something while I had time. Linux is almost the greatest open source project, and I think anyone who deals with machines should understand how it was born.
About Linus
He was the one who was very concerned about having a big nose. He was born in 1969. He was influenced by his grandfather since he was a child and started to fiddle with computers at the age of eleven, and successfully wrote his first BASIC program. His grandfather is a university statistics professor, so I think the family environment sometimes has a considerable influence on a person's enlightenment, and even directly affects a person's entire life, and achieving greatness requires this environment plus a little talent and Day after day, practice and study, constantly approaching the essence of the problem.
At the age of 21, he released the first version of linux in his university years. After graduation, he taught at the University of Helsinki, and later left Finland to work in the United States. He has always advocated the idea of true open source, so that linux developed wildly and penetrated into many industries, including various machines, floating in space, flying in the sky, and running on the ground, thus achieving greatness.
The great work of life is Linux and Git, which are used by almost all programmers.
About Pursuit and Money
Linus has always been a person who takes money very lightly. Otherwise, it is impossible to have the greatness of Linux today. If he has a little idea of making money with Linux, it is estimated that the community's trust in him and Linux will be greatly reduced. There are further developments. As for the money temptation of Jobs and others, he was not at all tempted, and scorned them. In fact, from the description, he lived a very poor life for a long time. He had to save money to buy a computer for a long time. Later, he bought it on credit, and finally someone else donated money to help him pay it back.
As the father of linux, he tried to distance himself from commercial operating systems. Even so, he was met with a lot of skepticism when he went from a university in Finland to work at Transmeta, because he left a neutral academic atmosphere and entered a philistine business environment. , will you give up the idea of open source because of money? But in the end, Linus proved through his actions that he would not leave Linux behind.
Of course, for people like Linus, as long as he is willing to find a reason to compromise a little with money, he can easily get into the account of tens of millions of dollars. For example, he resolutely refused the options offered to him by Red Hat, and a Linux company in London asked him to give it to him. He didn't even blink an eye on the ten million-dollar board. Why? Because if he joins a linux-related commercial company, it will affect the development of linux open source, and he needs a neutral position, which is why he has always been technically and ethically convincing in the community.
According to Linus, the deposit in their account never exceeded $5,000. Although Linus didn’t care about money, the money came to him automatically. Red Hat and VA were really sorry and gave him some options unconditionally. And after they went public, Linus finally had a fortune, about $20 million, and he could buy a big house instead of an apartment.
About focus and interest
After reading this book, I deeply realized that interest and concentration are the most important factors for success. Linus has mentioned many times that he is very supportive. Just throw some food into his cubby. Although he expressed it lightly and witty, it made me deeply feel the power of concentration.
most important books to him
"Operating Systems: Design and Implementation," reborn Linus and changed his life.
about the meaning of life
Linus said that there are three main meanings of life: survival, social order and entertainment. And it is said that everything develops in this order, and there is nothing else after entertainment, and people are successful when they reach the third stage. In fact, I personally don't quite understand the meaning of life he said, and I feel that the summary is not perfect and a bit far-fetched. He gave the example of sex, saying that it started out as a life extension, then became a social act, and finally became an entertainment. Another example is war, first for generation, then for social order, and finally for entertainment.
The meaning of open source
Open source can allow anyone to participate in the development or commercial promotion of a project. This concept allows the technology to continue to develop, and other fields have begun to apply open source ideas, such as the field of law. The opposite of open source is to engage in technology behind closed doors. In an era when technology and information are becoming more and more popular, using the open source model can solve many cutting-edge problems, and everyone can solve problems together.
Another is why so many top programmers are willing to work for open source without pay? This is also the magic of open source. Money is not the biggest motive. It is driven by enthusiasm to do the best work. These people enjoy the fun and fulfillment of open source work. They have to do everything in their power to be respected by their peers, which is an efficient incentive model. Therefore, open source can still find its driving force for development. With the incentive model, many people will jump in.
Open source is like science. It cannot create wealth by itself. Wealth is at most a joint effect of science, and open source is the same. It has contributed to the birth of secondary industries and caused secondary industries to challenge existing industries. Here, for example, various Linux commercial companies challenge Microsoft, which is also very beneficial to the development of the market and the industry, and it is also a good thing for users.
Letting go of everything opens up endless possibilities.
About Finland
When it comes to Finland, the first few things that come to my mind are: Santa Claus and the reindeer, Nokia, Linus and Angry Birds. The old hometown of Santa Claus is here, and more than ten years ago, Nokia was in full swing, and Linus was known in the industry, and the Angry Birds game was very popular for a period of time.
According to Linus's book, Finland feels like a very open and advanced developed country. In addition, Finns are particularly keen on saunas. They prefer to drink beer in the hot pool after sauna and talk about national affairs (but Finland People don't have sex in the sauna...).
Finland has two options for military service, one is to enlist in the army for eight months, and the other is to do 12 months of social service. Linus became a second lieutenant, and the post was a fire caliber.
Finns are taciturn, have a high degree of tolerance for the environment, and have been under Russian rule.
About Linux
| time | Big incident |
|---|---|
| 1991 | Linux0.01 open source online |
| 1992 | linux0.12 is licensed under GPL |
| 1993 | debian linux distribution |
| 1994 | linux 1.0 was released, with 170,000 lines of code and over 100,000 users, Redhat was born |
| 1996 | Linux solicits logos, Penguin is selected, and the number of users reaches 3.5 million |
| 1998 | Linux market share is 17%, Microsoft officially |
| 1999 | The first linuxworld conference, intel began to support linux |
| 2000 | Ericsson releases linux-based phone |
| 2004 | Ubuntu comes out, Linux rules supercomputers |
| 2007 | The linux foundation was established, and google released Android |
| 2008 | Stock Exchange to Linux |
| 2009 | Over 10 million people use Ubuntu |
| 2011 | linux3.0, google releases chrome os |
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