Faces behind Popular Linux Distros

29 October 2008 46,095 views 38 Comments

Have you ever wondered who are the people behind Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware,..? Stop wondering and have a look at faces behind popular Linux Distros.

Ubuntu:

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist and first African in space.Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd. and as of 2008, provides leadership for the Ubuntu operating system.

Debian:

Ian Murdock (born April 28, 1973, in Konstanz, Germany) is the founder of the Debian distribution and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company.

Slackware:

Patrick Volkerding (born 1966) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware operating system. He is the Slackware Benevolent Dictator for Life. Volkerding earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 1993.

MEPIS:

Warren Woodford is a computer industry veteran who is perhaps best known as the developer of MEPIS Linux. From 2002 to 2007, Warren focused on developing MEPIS and building MEPIS related cross-platform applications for Linux and Mac OS, and even Microsoft Windows.

Source : WIKIPEDIA

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LankyFrame » Blog Archive » Faces behind Popular Linux Distros said:

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# 30 October 2008 at 1:34 am

Seraphyn said:

Progeny does not exitst anymore. The Company closed its doors 30th of April 2007.
But nice to see how they all look a like. Okay, Shuttleworth and Mr. Murdock are well known, but the founder of Mepis never seen by me.
Thanks
Seraphyn

# 30 October 2008 at 1:45 am

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# 30 October 2008 at 1:45 am

wronglink said:

Other than habitual virgins, who the hell cares? They are better going off to the next blog that explains the 10 best pixels in the Ubuntu 8.1 desktop.

# 30 October 2008 at 1:49 am

rightlink said:

Other than habitual virgins, who the hell cares? They are better going off to the next blog that explains the 10 best pixels in the Ubuntu 8.1 desktop.

Well obviously you do, cuz you checked the page out and even commented on it…

# 30 October 2008 at 2:17 am

diesel (author) said:

Keep it clean here guys….
Or comments will be deleted

# 30 October 2008 at 3:10 am

Rob said:

What.. no Linus?

# 30 October 2008 at 3:20 am

diesel (author) said:

@ Rob
He is worth mentioning but he it the Linux Kernel developer and I did not wanted him to relate to any specific ditro.

# 30 October 2008 at 3:24 am

Jack Walthrup said:

Wow, You hit the nail square on the head that time for sure!

Jiff
http://www.online-anonymity.kr.tc

# 30 October 2008 at 3:41 am

EDUBBLE said:

the MEPIS guy looks like the hermaphrodite lovechild of Jay Leno and Janet Reno

# 30 October 2008 at 4:29 am

Michael White said:

Please give credit to Wikipedia for the text on these people, in order to comply with Wikipedia’s license.

# 30 October 2008 at 5:14 am

Oh Calcutta said:

This is great. Thanks a lot.

Cal you add others like PCLinuxOS, Arch, Gentoo etc?

# 30 October 2008 at 9:53 am

Felipe Alvarez said:

lame. boring. Needs MANY MORE PICS.

# 30 October 2008 at 10:36 am

diesel (author) said:

@ Michael
Thanks for the advise, edited

# 30 October 2008 at 2:47 pm

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# 30 October 2008 at 3:16 pm

Art Grant said:

What about Klaus Knopper, didn’t he come out with the first “live” cd (Knoppix)? Or the Mandriva folks, or …

# 30 October 2008 at 9:03 pm

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# 30 October 2008 at 11:50 pm

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# 31 October 2008 at 12:33 am

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# 31 October 2008 at 2:54 pm

kuntz said:

Other faces here:

# 31 October 2008 at 2:56 pm

kuntz said:

Ops, the link is:
http://linuxiana.blogspot.com/2008/10/i-volti-dietro-alle-principali.html

# 31 October 2008 at 2:56 pm

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# 31 October 2008 at 7:31 pm

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# 1 November 2008 at 12:48 pm

Josef Hoffman said:

Thanks for posting these guys. Can we get more pictures and more people? These people should be revered, they are doing for us what the first scribes did when they codified language and created the standard alphabet. Sadly, their names, like those of the scribes, may go largely unsung by future generations. But really, pretty amazing stuff, eh? All the recent linux distros have been petty exciting, and this is coming from an English major who is now using Kubuntu 8.1 with some moderate success. Great job guys!!!

# 5 November 2008 at 1:25 am

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# 6 November 2008 at 10:04 pm

web said:

Patrick Volkerding is the only one that doesn’t look like an idiot.

Hooray for Slackware! The best linux distro.

# 7 November 2008 at 2:27 am

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# 9 November 2008 at 9:08 pm

CodeChick said:

Dabian was started by both Ian Murdock and his wife, Deborah – hence the name. Why does the guy get all the credit?

# 3 January 2009 at 6:28 am

CodeChick said:

Debian was started by both Ian Murdock and his wife, Deborah – hence the name. Why does the guy get all the credit?

# 3 January 2009 at 6:28 am

Роман said:

Интересно написано, на самом деле все прочел на одном дыхании

# 1 April 2009 at 7:13 pm

neuddyitany said:

I’m the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death…

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