Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Patrick Volkerding Battles Mystery Illness

Posted by michael on from the two-aspirin-and-call-in-the-morning dept.

sethadam1 writes "Calling all Slashdoctors! Pat Volkerding, maintainer of Slackware Linux, needs your help. This morning, he posted his very detailed account (mirror) of his battle with Actinomyces here on the Slackware FTP server. Patrick has given his blood, sweat, and tears to the open source community for years in Slackware, one of the oldest surviving Linux distributions. If you can, please help!"

1 of 675 comments (clear)

  1. Ummmmm by SlayerofGods · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Please call only if you can help get me some high-dose antibiotic treatment."
    I'm sure this guy is a good guy in all.... but who here is really ready to commit a felony just to help him save a few bucks?
    Don't ask us for medical help. Get you ass to a doctor and then ask for money.

    --

    Technology, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems.