Rocky Linux
E184325
Rocky Linux is a community-driven, enterprise-grade Linux distribution designed to be a bug-for-bug compatible downstream rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rocky Linux canonical | 6 |
| Rocky Linux 8.4 | 1 |
| Rocky Linux community | 1 |
| Rocky Linux installer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1636273 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rocky Linux Context triple: [Red Hat Enterprise Linux, relatedProduct, Rocky Linux]
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A.
Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a community-driven, cutting-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, known for integrating the latest open-source technologies and serving as a foundation for other projects and operating systems.
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B.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a commercially supported, enterprise-grade Linux distribution widely used for servers, cloud deployments, and mission-critical applications.
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C.
CentOS
CentOS is a free, community-supported Linux distribution that provides a stable, enterprise-class operating system largely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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D.
Fedora
Fedora is a 1978 drama film by Billy Wilder that explores the tragic mystique and hidden costs of Hollywood stardom.
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E.
Perseus Distribution
Perseus Distribution is a book distribution company that provides sales, marketing, and logistical services to independent publishers and imprints.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rocky Linux Target entity description: Rocky Linux is a community-driven, enterprise-grade Linux distribution designed to be a bug-for-bug compatible downstream rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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A.
Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a community-driven, cutting-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, known for integrating the latest open-source technologies and serving as a foundation for other projects and operating systems.
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B.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a commercially supported, enterprise-grade Linux distribution widely used for servers, cloud deployments, and mission-critical applications.
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C.
CentOS
CentOS is a free, community-supported Linux distribution that provides a stable, enterprise-class operating system largely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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D.
Fedora
Fedora is a 1978 drama film by Billy Wilder that explores the tragic mystique and hidden costs of Hollywood stardom.
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E.
Perseus Distribution
Perseus Distribution is a book distribution company that provides sales, marketing, and logistical services to independent publishers and imprints.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux distribution
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ operating system ⓘ |
| aim |
ensure long-term support for RHEL-compatible systems
ⓘ
provide stable enterprise-grade Linux ⓘ |
| basedOn | Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ |
| bugTracker | https://bugs.rockylinux.org ⓘ |
| category | enterprise Linux distribution ⓘ |
| codenameOrigin | named after CentOS co-founder Rocky McGaugh ⓘ |
| communicationChannel |
Mattermost channels
ⓘ
forums.rockylinux.org ⓘ mailing lists ⓘ |
| compatibilityGoal | bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ |
| defaultInitSystem | systemd ⓘ |
| defaultShell | bash ⓘ |
| developer | Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation ⓘ |
| developmentModel | community-driven ⓘ |
| distributionType | binary-compatible rebuild ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://docs.rockylinux.org ⓘ |
| family | Red Hat family ⓘ |
| firstStableVersion |
Rocky Linux
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rocky Linux 8.4
|
| foundedBy | Gregory Kurtzer ⓘ |
| founder | Gregory Kurtzer ⓘ |
| governingBody | Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation ⓘ |
| hasCommunity |
Rocky Linux
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rocky Linux community
|
| initialReleaseDate | 2021-06-21 ⓘ |
| isDownstreamOf | Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ |
| isSuccessorTo |
CentOS
ⓘ
surface form:
CentOS Linux (as RHEL-compatible community rebuild)
|
| kernelType | monolithic Linux kernel ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
various free and open-source licenses ⓘ |
| packageFormat | RPM ⓘ |
| provides |
cloud images
ⓘ
container images ⓘ server operating system ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://github.com/rocky-linux ⓘ |
| sourceModel | open source ⓘ |
| sponsor | CIQ ⓘ |
| supportedPlatforms |
ARM64
ⓘ
x86_64 ⓘ |
| supportLifecycle | RHEL-aligned lifecycle ⓘ |
| supports |
cloud deployments
ⓘ
on-premises deployments ⓘ virtualized environments ⓘ |
| targetAudience | enterprise users ⓘ |
| updateModel |
dnf
ⓘ
yum ⓘ |
| uses | Anaconda installer ⓘ |
| usesBuildSystem | Koji-based build infrastructure ⓘ |
| website | https://rockylinux.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rocky Linux Description of subject: Rocky Linux is a community-driven, enterprise-grade Linux distribution designed to be a bug-for-bug compatible downstream rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Rocky Linux installer
this entity surface form:
Rocky Linux 8.4
this entity surface form:
Rocky Linux community