Patrick Volkerding

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Linux distribution maintainer human software engineer

Patrick Volkerding is an American software engineer best known as the founder and long-time maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution, one of the oldest surviving Linux distros.

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Patrick Volkerding canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux distribution maintainer ⓘ
human ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
associatedWith Slackware ⓘ
surface form: Slackware project
citizenship American ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
developed Slackware ⓘ
Slackware ⓘ
surface form: Slackware Linux distribution
employer Slackware ⓘ
surface form: Slackware project
familyName Volkerding ⓘ
fieldOfWork Linux ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ
software engineering ⓘ
genre Linux distribution development ⓘ
givenName Patrick ⓘ
hasLongTermRole Slackware maintainer ⓘ
Slackware project lead ⓘ
hasNotability Linux community ⓘ
free and open-source software community ⓘ
influenced Linux distribution ecosystem ⓘ
isBestKnownAs founder of the Slackware Linux distribution ⓘ
long-time maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution ⓘ
knownFor Slackware ⓘ
Slackware ⓘ
surface form: Slackware Linux distribution
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
maintains Slackware Linux distribution ⓘ
name Patrick Volkerding self-link ⓘ
nationality United States of America ⓘ
notableFor creating one of the oldest surviving Linux distributions ⓘ
notableWork Slackware ⓘ
surface form: Slackware Linux

Slackware ⓘ
surface form: Slackware Linux distribution
occupation Linux distribution maintainer ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
system administrator ⓘ
operatingSystemDeveloped Slackware ⓘ
surface form: Slackware Linux
role founder of Slackware ⓘ
lead developer of Slackware ⓘ
maintainer of Slackware ⓘ
softwareEngineeringSpecialization Linux ecosystem ⓘ
surface form: Linux distributions

Unix-like operating systems ⓘ

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Slackware → developer → Patrick Volkerding ⓘ
Slackware → creator → Patrick Volkerding ⓘ
Slackware → maintainer → Patrick Volkerding ⓘ
Patrick Volkerding → name → Patrick Volkerding self-link ⓘ