The founder of the Slackware Linux project, Patrick Volkerding, has put out an appeal for help, after having been diagnosed with Actinomycosis.

In a detailed explanation of how he had come to find out that he was suffering from the disease, Volkerding said he needed to be treated with "2 to 6 weeks of IV penicillin G (12 to 24 million units a day), followed by 12 months of V-cillin-K 1g four times a day."

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