Marco window manager
E235048
Marco window manager is the lightweight, traditional window manager used by the MATE desktop environment to provide classic window handling and compositing on Unix-like systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Marco window manager canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2106771 — 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: Marco window manager Context triple: [MATE desktop environment, includesComponent, Marco window manager]
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A.
Muffin window manager
Muffin window manager is the compositing window manager developed for the Cinnamon desktop environment, providing window management and visual effects on Linux systems.
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B.
IceWM
IceWM is a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, popular on resource-constrained Linux and Unix-like systems.
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C.
Openbox
Openbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, often used in minimal or performance-focused Linux desktop setups.
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D.
Desktop Window Manager
Desktop Window Manager is the compositing window manager in modern Microsoft Windows that handles visual effects, window rendering, and desktop composition using hardware acceleration.
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E.
Fluxbox
Fluxbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, known for its speed and minimal resource usage.
- 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: Marco window manager Target entity description: Marco window manager is the lightweight, traditional window manager used by the MATE desktop environment to provide classic window handling and compositing on Unix-like systems.
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A.
Muffin window manager
Muffin window manager is the compositing window manager developed for the Cinnamon desktop environment, providing window management and visual effects on Linux systems.
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B.
IceWM
IceWM is a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, popular on resource-constrained Linux and Unix-like systems.
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C.
Openbox
Openbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, often used in minimal or performance-focused Linux desktop setups.
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D.
Desktop Window Manager
Desktop Window Manager is the compositing window manager in modern Microsoft Windows that handles visual effects, window rendering, and desktop composition using hardware acceleration.
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E.
Fluxbox
Fluxbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, known for its speed and minimal resource usage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X11 window manager
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ window manager ⓘ |
| basedOn |
metacity
ⓘ
surface form:
Metacity
|
| category |
MATE desktop environment
ⓘ
surface form:
MATE software
Unix window managers ⓘ free X window managers ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | X.Org Server ⓘ |
| configurationMethod |
dconf
ⓘ
surface form:
GSettings
MATE Tweak ⓘ dconf ⓘ |
| designGoal |
classic desktop experience
ⓘ
traditional window management ⓘ |
| developedFor | MATE desktop environment ⓘ |
| feature |
edge tiling
ⓘ
keyboard shortcuts for window management ⓘ metacity-theme compatibility ⓘ session management integration ⓘ themes support ⓘ virtual desktops ⓘ window compositing ⓘ window decorations ⓘ window focus management ⓘ window snapping ⓘ |
| genre | stacking window manager ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainer | MATE developers ⓘ |
| name | Marco window manager self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| partOf | MATE desktop environment ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| replaces | Metacity in MATE ⓘ |
| softwareModel | lightweight ⓘ |
| supports |
X11
ⓘ
always-on-top windows ⓘ click-to-focus ⓘ compositing manager ⓘ focus-follows-mouse ⓘ maximization ⓘ minimization ⓘ sticky windows ⓘ window shading ⓘ |
| userInterface |
titlebar buttons
ⓘ
window borders ⓘ |
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: Marco window manager Description of subject: Marco window manager is the lightweight, traditional window manager used by the MATE desktop environment to provide classic window handling and compositing on Unix-like systems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Marco