Linux kernel
E207089
The Linux kernel is the core open-source component of the Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and providing essential services for user applications.
All labels observed (20)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1724402 — 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: Linux kernel Context triple: [Slackware, basedOn, Linux kernel]
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A.
Linux kernel driver core
The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
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B.
Linux kernel community
The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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C.
Linux-libre kernel
The Linux-libre kernel is a variant of the Linux kernel that has been modified to remove all proprietary code, binary blobs, and non-free firmware, aiming to provide a fully free software kernel.
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D.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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E.
Linux kernel release process
The Linux kernel release process is the structured workflow and schedule by which new versions of the Linux kernel are developed, tested, stabilized, and officially published to users and distributions.
- 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: Linux kernel Target entity description: The Linux kernel is the core open-source component of the Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and providing essential services for user applications.
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A.
Linux kernel driver core
The Linux kernel driver core is the central subsystem responsible for managing device drivers and their interaction with hardware and the rest of the kernel.
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B.
Linux kernel community
The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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C.
Linux-libre kernel
The Linux-libre kernel is a variant of the Linux kernel that has been modified to remove all proprietary code, binary blobs, and non-free firmware, aiming to provide a fully free software kernel.
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D.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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E.
Linux kernel release process
The Linux kernel release process is the structured workflow and schedule by which new versions of the Linux kernel are developed, tested, stabilized, and officially published to users and distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free and open-source software
ⓘ
monolithic kernel ⓘ operating system kernel ⓘ |
| component |
AppArmor support
ⓘ
SELinux support ⓘ VFS (Virtual File System) ⓘ Linux control groups ⓘ
surface form:
cgroups
device drivers ⓘ namespaces ⓘ network stack ⓘ process scheduler ⓘ security subsystem ⓘ virtual memory manager ⓘ |
| creator | Linus Torvalds ⓘ |
| developer |
Linus Torvalds
ⓘ
Linux community ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Linux kernel community
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux kernel maintainers
|
| initialReleaseDate | 1991-09-17 ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU General Public License version 2
|
| officialWebsite | https://www.kernel.org/ ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| originCountry | Finland ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ |
| releaseModel | rolling release ⓘ |
| repository | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git ⓘ |
| stableReleaseMaintainer | Greg Kroah-Hartman ⓘ |
| supports |
ARM architecture
ⓘ
MIPS ⓘ
surface form:
MIPS architecture
PowerPC ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC architecture
RISC-V ⓘ
surface form:
RISC-V architecture
SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
surface form:
SPARC architecture
desktops ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ mobile devices ⓘ s390 architecture ⓘ servers ⓘ supercomputers ⓘ x86 architecture ⓘ x86-64 architecture ⓘ |
| supportsBPF | true ⓘ |
| supportsContainerization | true ⓘ |
| supportsFilesystem |
Btrfs
ⓘ
SMB ⓘ
surface form:
CIFS
F2FS ⓘ FAT32 ⓘ NFS ⓘ NTFS ⓘ XFS ⓘ exFAT ⓘ ext4 ⓘ |
| supportsFilesystems | true ⓘ |
| supportsKVM | true ⓘ |
| supportsLoadableKernelModules | true ⓘ |
| supportsNetworkingStack | true ⓘ |
| supportsPOSIX | true ⓘ |
| supportsPreemptiveMultitasking | true ⓘ |
| supportsSymmetricMultiprocessing | true ⓘ |
| supportsSystemCallInterface | true ⓘ |
| supportsVirtualMemory | true ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Alpine Linux
ⓘ
Android ⓘ
surface form:
Android operating system
Arch Linux ⓘ ChromeOS ⓘ Debian ⓘ Fedora Linux ⓘ
surface form:
Fedora
Gentoo Linux ⓘ Red Hat Enterprise Linux ⓘ SUSE ⓘ
surface form:
SUSE Linux Enterprise
Slackware ⓘ Ubuntu ⓘ |
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: Linux kernel Description of subject: The Linux kernel is the core open-source component of the Linux operating system, managing hardware resources and providing essential services for user applications.
Referenced by (108)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Linux kernel 3.x series