![]() ![]() ![]() But I didn’t get in to it as deeply as Linus, and I used the follow-up Commodore 64 mostly for games and writing school papers. This was my first computer also, and I had a lot of fun with it. Reading the book brings up some regrets for me, as he describes the first computer he worked on, a Commodore VIC-20. Linus comes across affably in the book as you might expect from his public image. I like computer “history” books finding out about the people behind the technology and how they went about doing their thing, and there was a good dose of that with this book. Who am I to criticize anything? Well, I’m certainly not especially qualified, but everyone’s entitled to an opinion, right? ![]() I have mixed feelings about doing reviews. As often happens, I may have hidden some catchier stuff at the end: Pragmatism, Idealism, and Revolution.) (Remember: minimalist may refer to the small amount of substantive content rather than the word count. “The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary.” Now it’s time to blurt out a few comments. I recently finished reading Just for Fun, by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond. ![]() Welcome to my inaugural minimalist review. ![]()
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