Why did the father of Linux succeed? Just for fun.

Linux Father Torvalds (Linus Torvalds)

Do you know Torvalds (Linus Torvalds), the father of Linux? If you're like me, you've seen this vague text in college classes and elsewhere: Linux is a popular operating system, published by Finnish college student Linus in 1991. So the book "Just For Fun" is perfect for you.

For fun: This is the success of Linux's father

The whole book, in addition to revealing how Linus grew into a great God, has solved one of my own puzzles: Why does Finland always take the time to hand over a product that the Internet has been artificially dumping? Whether it's Nokia or your enduring Tribal wars (Clash of Clans), Angry Birds are classic and they all come from Finland.

Linus in the University of Linux, comparable to today's new entrepreneurial trend. If Linus was born in a "Big country" at this time, it would not be as if Linux were today. According to Gladwell in his best-selling book, "The Alien" (outlier), most of these successful people need to have "the place and the place". Put this kind of "success study" on Linus body, pour also fit.

Linus is a very interesting person, and I believe that this innate sense of humour is the result of a gene that resists the cold of Finland. He starts with the first sentence: "I was very ugly when I was a child." "So how to solve this problem?" He himself described: "I have a large ancestral nose, it is said that glasses can make the nose look smaller, so I took it, never take off." ”

He first contacted the computer because his grandfather, a professor of statistics, wanted to lead him through his computer to learn mathematics, a commonplace description, but not so common in 1981. First, home computers were scarce, and the second was that 12-year-old boys were not obsessed with other things, but were writing code again and again in front of the computer, and the state lasted a long time. According to the book, Linus throughout the middle school and college days in front of the computer, and the Readme is a thorough "nerd", only in front of the computer to feel extremely happy.

Just 10,000 hours of training is not enough, and then there are more good things to wait for Linus:

In 1.1987 years, Linus saved up to buy his first computer and began to write his own program.

2.199 the University of Helsinki possessed its first UNIX operating system, and Linus was fascinated by it.

In 3.1991 years, Linus bought a second computer (386 computers at the time, which was critical), contacted the Minix system and started a personal project because the system was not working: Writing your own terminal emulator, and the Linux prototype was born.

In 4.1991 years, Linus joined the Minix's news discussion group and released the message that he was doing a terminal emulation program, which attracted some fans ' attention.

5.1991 years September, Linux 0.01 release, the early name called Freax, in Ari Lemke's proposal is called Lniux.

It's been a smooth sailing for years. But Linus paid a lot: "It cost me a great deal of energy: programming--sleeping--programming--sleeping--programming--eating (cookies)--programming--sleeping--programming--bathing (dash)--programming. This experience echoes Mencius's famous quote:

Heaven down to the people also, must first bitter its mind, labor its bones, hungry its body skin, empty its body, line refers to chaos, so tempted to endure sex, has benefited its can't.

Talk about the perfect, and then chat. You may not agree with this: a blessing in disguise. But when Linus released Linux's version 0.03, he did have a plan to stop doing it, but there were two accidents that kept him going:

1. Linus accidentally damaged the partition of the storage Minix system, so it is intended to really use Linux as an operating system;

2. Constantly have more users to send feedback;

Linus himself admits: "Many of the success of Linux, in fact, can be attributed to my shortcomings: 1, I am lazy." 2, I like to authorize to others. "This interesting response, I think, can be used as an open-source programmer to deal with the classic words of the media." On the issue of Open source, for the moment not in-depth description, I think, there are many trends in addition to the opportunity to contribute to the success of Linux:

1.Linux and Minix debate, Linus for the first time in the online controversy, Linux is more people know;

In the spring of 2.1992, Linux supported the graphical user interface, and then the home PC began to dive into the user market, providing the soil for the future development of Linux.

The last mention of "geography" also responds to the question I started with: Why does Finland have such a big impact on the Internet? Linus's description of Finland is quite memorable:

Since Finns don't like to talk face-to-face, the whole country becomes the ideal market for mobile phones ... It is not surprising that mobile phones are popular in Finland. Because Finland has been able to embrace new technology very quickly, and Finns are confident about new technology. For example, unlike people in other parts of the world, Finns are used to paying bills or handling other banking businesses with electronic banks.

I am particularly interested in Finland, for the description of Linus, I summarize a few attempts to explain why Finland has so many fun products:

• Cold weather, very small outdoor activities, most of the choice to stay at home, or spend a lot of time steaming sauna;

• A strong education system and welfare, the Finnish people's education rate is the world's most, and the university does not need to pay tuition;

• Finnish people generally have strong acceptance of science and technology;

• Based on social welfare, most people have few utilitarian minds. Finnish game developers like to focus on a game that satisfies them rather than following the best interests (of course, because laziness causes bad endings, too), according to a Finnish friend.

• The last point is the Linus book: There are also those who believe that Finland's technology is so developed because it is full of homosexuals.

According to the above description, the introduction of the Linux forest is really "good timing and". But the book is more natural and authentic than any other biography. Linus is a very interesting and fun person, not only a great tech God, but also a tool for git to change Internet research and development collaboration after Linux, and a great God who began to meditate frequently. When asked how to explain the meaning of life, he replied: Just for fun (ethically for fun).

As this article reviews the book just for fun, trying to find what is called success is actually a series of accidents as inevitable. But the chance of life is still the majority. If you can find a goal and concentrate on it, it's not an easy thing to do, it's probably just for fun.