Patrick Volkerding

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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".<ref>The Slackware Linux Project: About This Site</ref>

Personal life

Volkerding earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 1993.<ref>Faces behind Linux — Part #1 Template:Webarchive, By Artem Nosulchik, April 2, 2009, LinuxScrew: Linux Blog</ref> Volkerding is a Deadhead, and by April 1994 had already attended 75 Grateful Dead concerts.<ref name="linuxjournal">Interview with Patrick Volkerding</ref>

Volkerding is a Church of the SubGenius affiliate/member. The use of the word slack in "Slackware" is an homage to J. R. "Bob" Dobbs. About the SubGenius influence on Slackware, Volkerding has stated: "I'll admit that it was SubGenius inspired. In fact, back in the 2.0 through 3.0 days we used to print a dobbshead on each CD."<ref>Slashdot | Replies from Slackware Founder Patrick Volkerding</ref>

Volkerding is an avid homebrewer and beer lover.<ref name="linuxjournal"/> Early versions of Slackware would entreat users to send him a bottle of local beer in appreciation for his work.

Volkerding has been married since 2001 to Andrea and has a daughter named Briah Cecilia Volkerding who was born in 2005.<ref name=donate2018 /><ref name=distro2002 /><ref name=a2018 />

Illness

In 2004, Volkerding announced via mailing list post that he was suffering from actinomycosis,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a serious illness requiring multiple rounds of antibiotics and with an uncertain prognosis. This announcement caused a number of tech news outlets to wonder about the future of the Slackware project.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As of 2012, both Volkerding and the Slackware project were reported to be in a healthy state again.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Slackware Linux

Michael Johnston of Morse Telecommunications paid Volkerding $1 per copy sold. After that six-month contract, Robert Bruce of Walnut Creek CDROM began publishing Slackware as a CD-ROM set. Robert Bruce later became Volkerding's partner in Slackware Linux, Inc. with Volkerding owning a non-controlling, minority, 40% share.<ref name="smh-2002-10-04"> Template:Cite news </ref> Due to underpayment, Patrick Volkerding, "told them to take it down or I'd suspend the DNS for the Slackware store".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="linuxquestions-4175634729"> Template:Cite web </ref><ref> Template:Cite news </ref><ref name="itwire"> Template:Cite news </ref><ref> Template:Cite news </ref><ref> Template:Cite news </ref><ref name="distrowatch-8743"> Template:Cite news </ref><ref> Template:Cite news </ref>

Walnut Creek CDROM,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 60% owner of Slackware Linux, Inc., was sold to BSDi<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and later to Wind River Systems.<ref name="itwire"/><ref name="smh-2002-10-04"/>

Chris Lumens and others worked for Slackware, but due to underpayment, these people lost their jobs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="itwire"/><ref name="linuxquestions-4175634729"/><ref name="distrowatch-8743"/>

For the last several years,Template:When Volkerding has managed Slackware with the help of many volunteers and testers.

Awards

In 2014, Volkerding received the O'Reilly Open Source Award.<ref name=oscon2014>Template:Cite web</ref>

Works

  • Volkerding, Patrick, and Reichard, Kevin, Linux System Commands, IDG Books/M&T Books, 2000, Template:ISBN
  • Volkerding, Patrick, Reichard, Kevin, and Foster-Johnson, Eric, Instalación y configuración de Linux, Temas profesionales. Madrid: Anaya Multimedia, 1999 Template:ISBN
  • Volkerding, Patrick, Reichard, Kevin, and Foster-Johnson, Eric, LINUX Configuration and Installation, M&T Books, 1998, Template:ISBN
  • Volkerding, Patrick, and Reichard, Kevin, Linux in Plain English, MIS:Press, 1997, Template:ISBN

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Interviews

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