Scientific Linux
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Scientific Linux is a now-discontinued, Red Hat Enterprise Linux–based distribution designed for use in scientific and academic environments, particularly at research institutions and laboratories.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scientific Linux canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7937529 — 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: Scientific Linux Context triple: [YUM, usedBy, Scientific 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.
Rocky Linux
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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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.
CentOS
CentOS is a free, community-supported Linux distribution that provides a stable, enterprise-class operating system largely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- 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: Scientific Linux Target entity description: Scientific Linux is a now-discontinued, Red Hat Enterprise Linux–based distribution designed for use in scientific and academic environments, particularly at research institutions and laboratories.
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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.
Rocky Linux
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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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.
CentOS
CentOS is a free, community-supported Linux distribution that provides a stable, enterprise-class operating system largely compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Linux distribution ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Red Hat Enterprise Linux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | RPM-based Linux distribution ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code ⓘ |
| developer |
CERN
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
European Organization for Nuclear Research NERFINISHED ⓘ Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discontinued | true ⓘ |
| distributionType | enterprise-class Linux distribution ⓘ |
| family | Linux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux
ⓘ
custom packages for scientific software ⓘ long-term support aligned with RHEL ⓘ |
| firstReleaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| focus |
reproducibility for scientific workloads
ⓘ
stability ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
academic environments
ⓘ
laboratories ⓘ research institutions ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic Linux kernel ⓘ |
| latestReleaseBasedOn | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| license | various free and open-source licenses ⓘ |
| packageManager | RPM Package Manager NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForDiscontinuation | shift of contributing institutions to CentOS Stream and other RHEL derivatives ⓘ |
| sourceModel | open source ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor | CentOS Stream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedPlatforms |
x86
ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ |
| supportEnded | 2019 ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
high‑energy physics community
ⓘ
scientists ⓘ system administrators in research labs ⓘ |
| updateModel | yum ⓘ |
| usedBy |
CERN
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fermilab NERFINISHED ⓘ various universities and research labs worldwide ⓘ |
| website | https://www.scientificlinux.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: Scientific Linux Description of subject: Scientific Linux is a now-discontinued, Red Hat Enterprise Linux–based distribution designed for use in scientific and academic environments, particularly at research institutions and laboratories.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.