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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".
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The extracted context around Patrick Volkerding shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Patrick Volkerding → After, BSDi, CD-ROM, DNS, Due, I'd, Inc, Michael Johnston, Morse Telecommunications, Robert Bruce, Slackware, Slackware Linux, Volkerding, Volkerding's, Walnut Creek CDROM, Wind River Systems Another extracted example is Patrick Volkerding → Age, Australia, Interview, InterviewHacker Public Radio Interview, Journal, Link Tech Show, LinuxQuestions. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 32 structured relationships around Patrick Volkerding. Examples in this analysis include Patrick Volkerding → Born → Patrick John Volkerding (1966-10-20) October 20, 1966 (age 59) and Patrick Volkerding → Children → Briah Cecilia Volkerding (b. 2005). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The concept neighborhoods around Patrick Volkerding bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Linux, Books and Display. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Patrick Volkerding, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Patrick Volkerding with Personal life. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Patrick Volkerding to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Personal life & Slackware Linux, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Patrick Volkerding · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout