MATE Settings Daemon
E235056
MATE Settings Daemon is a background service in the MATE desktop environment that manages and applies user preferences such as themes, keyboard shortcuts, and other desktop settings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MATE Settings Daemon canonical | 2 |
| MATE core components | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2106781 — 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: MATE Settings Daemon Context triple: [MATE desktop environment, includesComponent, MATE Settings Daemon]
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A.
MATE desktop environment
MATE desktop environment is a lightweight, traditional-style graphical user interface for Unix-like operating systems, continuing the classic GNOME 2 experience with ongoing updates and support.
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B.
GNOME Control Center
GNOME Control Center is the main settings application for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a centralized interface to configure system and desktop preferences.
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C.
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the core graphical user interface and desktop environment component of the GNOME project, providing the primary user experience on many Linux-based systems.
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D.
GNOME Software
GNOME Software is the graphical application store and software management tool for the GNOME desktop environment, used to browse, install, and update applications.
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E.
GNOME desktop environment
The GNOME desktop environment is a popular, user-friendly and modern graphical desktop interface for Unix-like operating systems, emphasizing simplicity, accessibility, and integration.
- 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: MATE Settings Daemon Target entity description: MATE Settings Daemon is a background service in the MATE desktop environment that manages and applies user preferences such as themes, keyboard shortcuts, and other desktop settings.
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A.
MATE desktop environment
MATE desktop environment is a lightweight, traditional-style graphical user interface for Unix-like operating systems, continuing the classic GNOME 2 experience with ongoing updates and support.
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B.
GNOME Control Center
GNOME Control Center is the main settings application for the GNOME desktop environment, providing a centralized interface to configure system and desktop preferences.
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C.
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell is the core graphical user interface and desktop environment component of the GNOME project, providing the primary user experience on many Linux-based systems.
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D.
GNOME Software
GNOME Software is the graphical application store and software management tool for the GNOME desktop environment, used to browse, install, and update applications.
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E.
GNOME desktop environment
The GNOME desktop environment is a popular, user-friendly and modern graphical desktop interface for Unix-like operating systems, emphasizing simplicity, accessibility, and integration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MATE desktop component
ⓘ
background service ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| applies |
accessibility settings
ⓘ
appearance settings ⓘ input device settings ⓘ user configuration changes ⓘ |
| basedOn |
GNOME settings daemon
ⓘ
surface form:
GNOME Settings Daemon
|
| category |
desktop environment component
ⓘ
system daemon ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
BSD operating systems
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ |
| developedFor | Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| implements | settings management ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
Caja file manager
ⓘ
MATE Panel ⓘ |
| license | free and open-source software license ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | MATE developers ⓘ |
| manages |
GTK theme settings
ⓘ
cursor themes ⓘ desktop themes ⓘ font settings ⓘ icon themes ⓘ keyboard layout settings ⓘ keyboard shortcuts ⓘ mouse settings ⓘ touchpad settings ⓘ user preferences ⓘ window manager integration settings ⓘ |
| operatesIn | user session ⓘ |
| partOf |
MATE desktop environment
ⓘ
surface form:
MATE Desktop Environment
|
| provides |
centralized settings management
ⓘ
runtime configuration updates ⓘ |
| runsAs | background process ⓘ |
| startsWith | user login ⓘ |
| stopsWith | user logout ⓘ |
| supports | MATE Control Center ⓘ |
| uses |
D-Bus
ⓘ
dconf ⓘ
surface form:
GSettings
|
| writtenIn | C ⓘ |
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: MATE Settings Daemon Description of subject: MATE Settings Daemon is a background service in the MATE desktop environment that manages and applies user preferences such as themes, keyboard shortcuts, and other desktop settings.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MATE core components