Editing Patrick Volkerding (section)

{{Short description|American software engineer (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Patrick Volkerding
| image              = Patrick Volkerding at Linuxworld 2000 in New York City.jpg
| caption            = Patrick Volkerding at [[OpenSource World|Linuxworld]] 2000 NYC
| birth_name         = Patrick John Volkerding<ref name=mollyobit2014 />
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1966|10|20|mf=y}}
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| education          = [[Minnesota State University Moorhead]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc]])
| nationality        = 
| known_for          = [[Slackware]]
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| occupation         = [[Software engineer]]
| spouse             = {{Marriage|Andrea|2001}}<ref name=donate2018>[https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/donating-to-slackware-4175634729/#post5882751 Donating to Slackware], By volkerdi(Patrick), 20180723, linuxquestions.org</ref><ref name=distro2002>[https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=00092 Slackware Updates], 2002-01-07, DistroWatch.com, ''...This is the first update since the middle of December and here is the reason - Patrick Volkerding, the founder and currently the sole maintainer of the Slackware project was too busy getting married over the holiday season...''</ref><ref>[http://www.slackware.com/~honeypie/ Welcome to Andrea Volkerding's not-a-home page!], honeypie, slackware.com</ref><ref name=grandmother2017>[http://boulgerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/denise-mullen/ Obituarie:Denise Mullen(November 28, 1914 - November 10, 2017)], Boulger Funeral Home, ''...Denise is survived by...son-in-law Dr. John Volkerding, Peroia, AZ: grandchildren:...Patrick Volkerding (Andrea), Sebeka, MN...''</ref><ref name=distro2005>[https://distrowatch.com/weekly-mobile.php?issue=20051212&mode=66 DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 130, 12 December 2005], ''...Patrick Volkerding...were greeted with a rather unusual entry last weekend. "It's a girl!" declared the title of a new post, the first one in over a month. It turned out...had just had his first child: "I know a lot of you have been wondering what's going on here, and the news is that my wife Andrea delivered our first child, a daughter Briah Cecilia."...''</ref><ref>[http://www.inforum.com/content/violet-volkerding Obituarie:Violet Volkerding(September 18, 1915 - February 10, 2009)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724093431/http://www.inforum.com/content/violet-volkerding |date=July 24, 2018 }} INFORUM, ''...Violet is survived by two sons...and John (Molly) of Fargo, four grandchildren,...Patrick (Andrea) Volkerding, Sebeka, MN...''</ref>
| children           = Briah Cecilia Volkerding ({{abbr|b.|born}} 2005)<ref name=donate2018 /><ref name=a2018>[http://www.articleworld.org/index.php/Patrick_Volkerding Patrick Volkerding], 24th of July 2018, ArticleWorld, ''...On December 10 2005, Patrick Volkerding announced that he has a daughter named Briah Cecilia...''</ref><ref name=distro2005 />
| parents            = Dr. John Volkerding & Molly Jane Mullen<ref name=grandmother2017 /><ref name=mollyobit2014>[http://boulgerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/molly-volkerding/ Obituarie:Molly Volkerding(June 03, 1940 - March 14, 2014)], Boulger Funeral Home, ''In 1966 they were blessed with a son, Patrick John...She is survived by her husband, John, her son Patrick (Andrea) Volkerding...''</ref>
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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>[http://www.slackware.com/about/ The Slackware Linux Project: About This Site]</ref>