Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

memoir by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

Summary

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (735 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary authored The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — author (P50): Linus Torvalds[3].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary authored The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — author (P50): David Diamond[4].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary's instance of is recorded as The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — instance of (P31): literary work[5].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary was published by The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — publisher (P123): HarperCollins[6].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary's genre is The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — genre (P136): autobiography[7].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary's genre is The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — genre (P136): biography[8].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary's language of work or name is recorded as The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — language of work or name (P407): English[9].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary was released on 2001[10].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary's has edition or translation is recorded as The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — has edition or translation (P747): Just for Fun – Wie ein Freak die Computerwelt revolutionierte[11].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Just for Fun'}[12].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary'}[13].
  • Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary's different from is recorded as The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — different from (P1889): Just for Fun[14].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Prose[15]

  • Community tags: autobiography, linux, memoir[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ef89485f-7f19-45dd-bf92-fb9069045b7a[17]

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Authorship and Creation

Authored works include The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — author (P50): Linus Torvalds[3], a programmer[18], b. 1969[19], of United States[20], awarded the Millennium Technology Prize[21], specialised in software engineer[22] and The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — author (P50): David Diamond[4], a journalist[23], b. 2000[24], of United States[25]. Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary was published by The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — publisher (P123): HarperCollins[6].

Publication

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary was released on 2001[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — language of work or name (P407): English[9]. Genres include The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — genre (P136): autobiography[7] and The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary — genre (P136): biography[8].

Why It Matters

Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (735 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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