GNOME settings daemon
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GNOME Settings Daemon is a background service in the GNOME desktop environment that manages and applies user and system configuration settings such as display, keyboard, power, and theme preferences.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNOME Session | 1 |
| GNOME Settings Daemon | 1 |
| GNOME settings daemon canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8608748 — 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: GNOME settings daemon Context triple: [Mutter, integratesWith, GNOME settings daemon]
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A.
MATE Settings Daemon
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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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 Core Applications
GNOME Core Applications are the default suite of essential, tightly integrated desktop programs designed to provide a consistent user experience within the GNOME desktop environment.
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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: GNOME settings daemon Target entity description: GNOME Settings Daemon is a background service in the GNOME desktop environment that manages and applies user and system configuration settings such as display, keyboard, power, and theme preferences.
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A.
MATE Settings Daemon
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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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 Core Applications
GNOME Core Applications are the default suite of essential, tightly integrated desktop programs designed to provide a consistent user experience within the GNOME desktop environment.
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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 (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNOME component
ⓘ
background service ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| architecture | modular plugin-based architecture ⓘ |
| configurationStorage | dconf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer | GNOME Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| handles |
accessibility settings
ⓘ
color management settings ⓘ display settings ⓘ input sources ⓘ keyboard settings ⓘ media keys ⓘ mouse settings ⓘ power management settings ⓘ screen brightness ⓘ screensaver integration ⓘ sound settings ⓘ theme settings ⓘ touchpad settings ⓘ xrandr display configuration ⓘ |
| interaction |
communicates with hardware through system services
ⓘ
integrates with GNOME session manager ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| packageName | gnome-settings-daemon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | GNOME desktop environment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousName | gnome-settings-daemon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
apply system configuration settings
ⓘ
apply user configuration settings ⓘ manage desktop settings ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| provides |
D-Bus interfaces
ⓘ
settings plugins ⓘ |
| relatedTo | GNOME Control Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInSystem | central settings management service ⓘ |
| runsAs | background process ⓘ |
| supports |
hotplugging of displays
ⓘ
input methods ⓘ keyboard layouts ⓘ multi-monitor setups ⓘ power-saving features ⓘ |
| typicalProcessName | gsd GENERATED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GNOME Shell
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GNOME session NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesLibrary |
D-Bus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GLib NERFINISHED ⓘ GObject NERFINISHED ⓘ GTK-related libraries ⓘ |
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: GNOME settings daemon Description of subject: GNOME Settings Daemon is a background service in the GNOME desktop environment that manages and applies user and system configuration settings such as display, keyboard, power, and theme preferences.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GNOME Session
this entity surface form:
GNOME Settings Daemon