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Patrick Volkerding, 44, grew up in Minnesota, and graduated from Minnesota State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. He is a highly acclaimed and respected software engineer. He is the founder and present CEO of Slackware Linux Distribution. Volkerding, is a connoisseur of beer, and enjoys brewing his own beers. When he first developed software, he would ask admirers of his work to reward him with beer. He is also an avid fan of the band, the ‘Grateful Dead’. Volkerding created Slackware in 1993. Slackware, is the oldest operating system that is being used today. Volkerding came up with name Slackware, as a way to not take his project seriously, he did not initially create Slackware as a long term permanent project. It was originally intended as a short term time side project. The name took off with the project. Slackwares origins was an offshoot of the ‘Softlanding Linux System’, SLS. That system was the first to have a complete software system that had basic utilities and the kernal. Volkerding did not intend to make his version of the SLS available to the general public, he did so after deciding there was a need for it.

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