I emailed the guys to see how Patrick is doing since we haven't heard anything since the changelog back in February.

This is what they had to say.


This is the actual email minus my personal address etc..




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Hi Mike,



Pat is doing fine now and working on the next release –



Thank you

Theresa




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From: *****, Mike [mailto:Mike.*****@******.com]
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 1:12 PM
To: info@slackware.com
Subject: How is Patrick doing? We haven't heard anything since February



There are a lot of people concerned about the future of Slackware.



Best of luck Patrick!!



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I really hated to bother them but all that talk of him dying or retiring is really depressing.

I hope this brings hope to those in doubt. They say he's doing great. I hope this helps us to all stop worrying so much so that we can spend more time enjoying the great things that he has done already and the things to come.

Slackware is here to stay...........And Da Man is doing Fine

I've felt exactly the opposite in last months. Pat was very active and updates were frequent, especially in the current branch. There were some serious changes, like implementation of NPTL support into glibc, too.

God bless Patrick !

Great.

That's the attitude we should all have.

I only posted that because I noticed a few posts regarding is health and also a post questioning the future of Slackware. They are legitimate questions but I think we can put them to rest.

Be optimistic and keep on Slack'n

Good news, indeed.

Let's have a party!

gargamel

Am I invited?

I think all Slackers are

Quite right.

Come on, let's celebrate, and have a good time... ;-) (Kool and the gang, I think...)

gargamel

Does anybody know full details of pat (biodata)
all slackers would like to know about him (full cv)

and so one can add this details to wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Volkerding
(add something to discussion too )

Why? We are not a deity fanclub, but users of a Linux distribution that just happens to have a lot of Slack-nature. As you should know Slack-nature is in all people .

Would you like it if others threw your personal live on the net? Cut the guy some slack (no pun intended).

What are you talking about? Of course, we are a fan club.
Pat V is, after all, the benevolent dictator for life of Slackware.
Seriously, though: I think it is very reasonable to keep succession in mind. Linus seems to be in good health, too, but it is not unusual to discuss who will take over when the time comes.

i want to know more than what i know about him now.
i didnt even c a photo of him,
i am using his distro and i didnt have a picture of him in my mind???
if somebody know him personally tell me how old he is?

Here is a pic of Linus Torvalds (Guy in the yellow shirt)

http://www.vmlinuz.com.ar/imagenes/LinusTorvalds.jpg

Here is a picture of Patrick Volkerding (The tall one)

http://www.vmlinuz.com.ar/imagenes/P...olkerding2.jpg

Ever heard of Google.com?

Oh and this is a good read for more info on Da man.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/2750/print

i do c picts of linus he is popular ( in his home page )
going for google

searched a lot but urs was great!!!!!!!
add more links

http://www.vmlinuz.com.ar/imagenes/P...olkerding1.jpg

I put a link to a picture on the Wikipedia Patrick Volkerding article, in the "discussion" part.

Vulcan?

http://daisydownunder.com/images/M-spock.jpg

Or Elf?

http://docs.voxeo.com/images/tutorials/legolas.jpg