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Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)

Peter MacDonald is a Canadian software engineer, best known as the creator of Softlanding Linux System (SLS), widely regarded as the first complete Linux distribution. Some of his work served as a foundation of Wine. He also created the Tcl web browser BrowseX, and the PDQI suite of Tcl utilities.

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Alma mater
University of Victoria (BSc 1989, MSc 1996)
Born
Peter Charles MacDonald (1957-06-28) June 28, 1957 (age 69) Victoria, British Columbia
Citizenship
Canadian

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Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)

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Peter MacDonald (computer programmer) → University of Victoria (BSc 1989, MSc 1996)
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Peter MacDonald (computer programmer) → Peter Charles MacDonald (1957-06-28) June 28, 1957 (age 69) Victoria, British Columbia
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Peter MacDonald (computer programmer)CitizenshipCanadian1.00infobox

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