# Patrick Volkerding

> Patrick Volkerding 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".

*American software engineer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/patrick-volkerding

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Developer ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5482740))
- **Category:** Developers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1966-10-20
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 53.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.1 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 20.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #121

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://connie.slackware.com/~volkerdi/

## Sources
- [Патрик Фолькердиҥ](https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D2%A5)
- [باتريك فولكردينغ](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA)
- [باتريك فولكردينج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC)
- [Patrick Volkerding](https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Volkerding)
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- [پتریک وولکردینگ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF)
- [Patrick Volkerding](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Volkerding)
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- [パトリック・フォルカーディン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3)
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- [Фолькердинг, Патрик](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44808)

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