gNewSense
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gNewSense is a fully free, Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution that removes all proprietary software and firmware to comply strictly with the Free Software Foundation’s guidelines.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| gNewSense canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8681819 — 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: gNewSense Context triple: [Linux-libre, usedBy, gNewSense]
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A.
GNO
GNO is a physics experiment conducted at Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratory that studied solar neutrinos to investigate properties of the Sun and neutrino oscillations.
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B.
Noovo
Noovo is a Canadian French-language television network offering a mix of entertainment, reality shows, and local programming.
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C.
EGNS
EGNS is the ICAO airport code for Isle of Man Airport, the main civil airport serving the Isle of Man.
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D.
Nutun
Nutun was a prominent Indian film actress celebrated for her nuanced performances and strong female roles in classic Hindi cinema.
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E.
Genesis Device
The Genesis Device is a powerful and controversial terraforming technology in the Star Trek universe capable of transforming lifeless matter into habitable worlds, central to the plot of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
- 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: gNewSense Target entity description: gNewSense is a fully free, Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution that removes all proprietary software and firmware to comply strictly with the Free Software Foundation’s guidelines.
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A.
GNO
GNO is a physics experiment conducted at Italy’s Gran Sasso National Laboratory that studied solar neutrinos to investigate properties of the Sun and neutrino oscillations.
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B.
Noovo
Noovo is a Canadian French-language television network offering a mix of entertainment, reality shows, and local programming.
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C.
EGNS
EGNS is the ICAO airport code for Isle of Man Airport, the main civil airport serving the Isle of Man.
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D.
Nutun
Nutun was a prominent Indian film actress celebrated for her nuanced performances and strong female roles in classic Hindi cinema.
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E.
Genesis Device
The Genesis Device is a powerful and controversial terraforming technology in the Star Trek universe capable of transforming lifeless matter into habitable worlds, central to the plot of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU/Linux distribution
ⓘ
free software project ⓘ |
| aimsTo | respect user freedom completely ⓘ |
| architectureSupport |
x86
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
x86_64 ⓘ |
| basedOn | Debian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bootFirmwarePolicy | discourages use of non-free BIOS or firmware ⓘ |
| category | FSF-endorsed GNU/Linux distribution ⓘ |
| compliesWith |
Free Software Foundation guidelines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| defaultDesktopEnvironment | GNOME (in early releases) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivesFrom | Ubuntu (early versions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developmentStatus | largely inactive ⓘ |
| distinguishingFeature |
strict exclusion of non-free software
ⓘ
uses only components that meet FSF criteria ⓘ |
| distributionType | general-purpose operating system ⓘ |
| focus | software freedom over hardware compatibility ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Brian Brazil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Paul O’Malley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | provide a fully free GNU/Linux distribution ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic Linux kernel (with non-free components removed) ⓘ |
| laterBasedOn | Debian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| licensePolicy | only free software ⓘ |
| maintains | Linux-libre style deblobbed kernel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | GNU NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| packageFormat | deb ⓘ |
| packageManager | APT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Parabola GNU/Linux-libre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PureOS NERFINISHED ⓘ Trisquel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| removes |
binary-only kernel blobs
ⓘ
non-free artwork ⓘ non-free documentation ⓘ proprietary firmware ⓘ proprietary software ⓘ |
| softwareRepositoryPolicy |
no contrib repositories enabled
ⓘ
no non-free repositories enabled ⓘ |
| sponsor | Free Software Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportStatus | community-supported ⓘ |
| targetUsers |
free software advocates
ⓘ
privacy-conscious users ⓘ |
| upstream | Debian GNU/Linux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| uses | GNU userland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | http://www.gnewsense.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: gNewSense Description of subject: gNewSense is a fully free, Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution that removes all proprietary software and firmware to comply strictly with the Free Software Foundation’s guidelines.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Linux-libre