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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".
Works, Personal life & Slackware Linux
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Patrick Volkerding | Born | Patrick John Volkerding (1966-10-20) October 20, 1966 (age 59) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Patrick Volkerding | Children | Briah Cecilia Volkerding (b. 2005) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Patrick Volkerding | Education | Minnesota State University Moorhead (BSc) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Patrick Volkerding | Known for | Slackware | 1.00 | infobox |
| Patrick Volkerding | Occupation | Software engineer | 1.00 | infobox |
| Patrick Volkerding | Parent(s) | Dr. John Volkerding & Molly Jane Mullen | 1.00 | infobox |
| Patrick Volkerding | Spouse | .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Patrick Volkerding | related to External links | Patrick Volkerding's | 0.60 | section |
| Patrick Volkerding | related to External links | Volkerding | 0.60 | section |
| Patrick Volkerding | related to Interviews | Interview | 0.60 | section |
| Patrick Volkerding | related to Interviews | LinuxQuestions | 0.60 | section |
| Patrick Volkerding | related to Interviews | Link Tech Show | 0.60 | section |
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