Patrick Volkerding
American software engineer
- Fame53.4
- Momentum3.1
- Developers rank#96
Source-basedStable
- Fame53.4
- Momentum3.1
- Developers rank#96
- Wikipedia3.3K
Born 1966 · age 60United States
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Updated 2026-06-16
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".
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Momentum3.1
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Source confidence65.0
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- Патрик ФолькердиҥLow confidencewikipedia · sah.wikipedia.org
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