Patrick Volkerding | |
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 Patrick Volkerding at Linuxworld 2000 NYC | |
| Born | Patrick John Volkerding[1] October 20, 1966 |
| Occupation | Software engineer |
| Known for | Slackware |
| Spouse |
Andrea (m. 2001) |
| Children | Briah Cecilia Volkerding (b. 2005)[2][8][6] |
| Parent | Dr. John Volkerding & Molly Jane Mullen[5][1] |
Patrick Volkerding (born October 20, 1966) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution. Volkerding is Slackware's "Benevolent Dictator for Life" (BDFL), and is also known informally as "The Man".[9]
- ^ a b Obituarie:Molly Volkerding(June 03, 1940 - March 14, 2014), Boulger Funeral Home, In 1966 they were blessed with a son, Patrick John...She is survived by her husband, John, her son Patrick (Andrea) Volkerding...
- ^ a b Donating to Slackware, By volkerdi(Patrick), 20180723, linuxquestions.org
- ^ Slackware Updates, 2002-01-07, DistroWatch.com, ...This is the first update since the middle of December and here is the reason - Patrick Volkerding, the founder and currently the sole maintainer of the Slackware project was too busy getting married over the holiday season...
- ^ Welcome to Andrea Volkerding's not-a-home page!, honeypie, slackware.com
- ^ a b Obituarie:Denise Mullen(November 28, 1914 - November 10, 2017), Boulger Funeral Home, ...Denise is survived by...son-in-law Dr. John Volkerding, Peroia, AZ: grandchildren:...Patrick Volkerding (Andrea), Sebeka, MN...
- ^ a b DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 130, 12 December 2005, ...Patrick Volkerding...were greeted with a rather unusual entry last weekend. "It's a girl!" declared the title of a new post, the first one in over a month. It turned out...had just had his first child: "I know a lot of you have been wondering what's going on here, and the news is that my wife Andrea delivered our first child, a daughter Briah Cecilia."...
- ^ Obituarie:Violet Volkerding(September 18, 1915 - February 10, 2009) Archived July 24, 2018, at the Wayback Machine INFORUM, ...Violet is survived by two sons...and John (Molly) of Fargo, four grandchildren,...Patrick (Andrea) Volkerding, Sebeka, MN...
- ^ Patrick Volkerding, 24th of July 2018, ArticleWorld, ...On December 10 2005, Patrick Volkerding announced that he has a daughter named Briah Cecilia...
- ^ The Slackware Linux Project: About This Site