Patrick Volkerding
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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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Patrick Volkerding canonical | 4 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux distribution maintainer
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human ⓘ software engineer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Slackware
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surface form:
Slackware project
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| 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
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free and open-source software ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
| genre | Linux distribution development ⓘ |
| givenName | Patrick ⓘ |
| hasLongTermRole |
Slackware maintainer
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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
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surface form:
Slackware Linux
Slackware ⓘ
surface form:
Slackware Linux distribution
|
| occupation |
Linux distribution maintainer
ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ system administrator ⓘ |
| operatingSystemDeveloped |
Slackware
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surface form:
Slackware Linux
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| role |
founder of Slackware
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lead developer of Slackware ⓘ maintainer of Slackware ⓘ |
| softwareEngineeringSpecialization |
Linux ecosystem
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surface form:
Linux distributions
Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.