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Books about the history of Linux and related topics (UNIX, GNU, Linus Torvalds, open source software, free and open source software, FSF, etc.).
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UNIX: A History and a Memoir
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Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary
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In the Beginning was the Command Line
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The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
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Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software
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Free Software Free Society 3rd Edition
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For Fun and Profit: A History of the Free and Open Source Software Revolution
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Rebel Code: Linux And The Open Source Revolution
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Free for All: How LINUX and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High-Tech Titans
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Peter Wayner (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 44 ratings
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History of Linux
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The History of Linux
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A Quarter Century of Unix
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A History Of Computer Operating Systems: Unix, Dos, Lisa, Macintosh, Windows, Linux
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Jon Watson (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution
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A Brief History of Hackerdom
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The Success of Open Source
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