Linux kernel community
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The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linux kernel community canonical | 21 |
| Linux kernel development | 5 |
| Linux community | 2 |
| Linux kernel maintainers | 2 |
| Linux kernel developers | 1 |
| Linux kernel development community | 1 |
| Linux kernel development ecosystem | 1 |
| Linux kernel hacking | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1718173 — 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: Linux kernel community Context triple: [XFS, maintainer, Linux kernel community]
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A.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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B.
Linux
Linux is a widely used open-source Unix-like operating system kernel that powers servers, desktops, mobile devices, and embedded systems around the world.
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C.
Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium that supports and promotes the growth of the Linux operating system and other open-source software projects through collaboration, funding, and industry partnerships.
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D.
Nils Torvalds
Nils Torvalds is a Finnish-Swedish politician and former journalist, best known as the father of Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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E.
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Greg Kroah-Hartman is a prominent Linux kernel developer best known as the long-time maintainer of the stable kernel branch and a key figure in the kernel community.
- 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: Linux kernel community Target entity description: The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
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A.
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
The Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML) is the primary public forum where Linux kernel developers worldwide discuss design, development, patches, and coordination of the kernel project.
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B.
Linux
Linux is a widely used open-source Unix-like operating system kernel that powers servers, desktops, mobile devices, and embedded systems around the world.
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C.
Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium that supports and promotes the growth of the Linux operating system and other open-source software projects through collaboration, funding, and industry partnerships.
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D.
Nils Torvalds
Nils Torvalds is a Finnish-Swedish politician and former journalist, best known as the father of Linux creator Linus Torvalds.
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E.
Greg Kroah-Hartman
Greg Kroah-Hartman is a prominent Linux kernel developer best known as the long-time maintainer of the stable kernel branch and a key figure in the kernel community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free software community
ⓘ
open source community ⓘ software development community ⓘ technical community ⓘ |
| abbreviation | LKML community ⓘ |
| collaboratesOn | Linux kernel ⓘ |
| communicatesVia | mailing lists ⓘ |
| develops | Linux kernel ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Linux kernel ⓘ |
| geographicScope | global ⓘ |
| goal |
develop a stable and performant operating system kernel
ⓘ
ensure hardware support for a wide range of devices ⓘ maintain security and reliability of the Linux kernel ⓘ |
| governingDocument | Linux Kernel Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct ⓘ |
| hasCodeOfConduct | yes ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
code review via mailing lists
ⓘ
merge window ⓘ patch review ⓘ regression tracking ⓘ subsystem maintainership ⓘ |
| includesParticipants |
academic researchers
ⓘ
corporate developers ⓘ individual volunteers ⓘ |
| includesRole |
bug reporter
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contributor ⓘ documentation writer ⓘ maintainer ⓘ release manager ⓘ reviewer ⓘ subsystem maintainer ⓘ tester ⓘ |
| knownFor |
email-based development workflow
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high code quality standards ⓘ large-scale distributed collaboration ⓘ |
| ledBy | Linus Torvalds ⓘ |
| mainMailingList |
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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linked to:
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
|
| maintains | Linux kernel ⓘ |
| organizesEvent |
Kernel Summit
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Linux Plumbers Conference ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Linux project started by Linus Torvalds in 1991 ⓘ |
| primaryRepositoryHost | kernel.org ⓘ |
| relatedProject |
Android
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Linux distributions ⓘ embedded Linux systems ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Linux Foundation ⓘ |
| supportsLicense | GPL-compatible licenses for some components ⓘ |
| usesDevelopmentModel |
bazaar model
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distributed development ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
C
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assembly language ⓘ |
| usesLicense |
GNU General Public License v2
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linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| usesReleaseModel |
stable and longterm branches
ⓘ
time-based releases ⓘ |
| usesTool |
b4
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bugzilla ⓘ
linked to:
Bugzilla
git send-email ⓘ patchwork ⓘ |
| usesVersionControlSystem | Git ⓘ |
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: Linux kernel community Description of subject: The Linux kernel community is a global, collaborative group of developers and maintainers who design, implement, review, and support the core operating system kernel used by numerous Linux distributions and devices.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Linux kernel community
subject linked to:
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
linked to: Linux kernel community
subject linked to:
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
linked to: Linux kernel community
subject linked to:
Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML)
linked to: Linux kernel community
linked to: Linux kernel community
subject linked to:
Kroah-Hartman
linked to: Linux kernel community
subject linked to:
Kroah-Hartman
subject linked to:
Kroah-Hartman
linked to: Linux kernel community
subject linked to:
perf (Linux profiler)
linked to: Linux kernel community
linked to: Linux kernel community
linked to: Linux kernel community
linked to: Linux kernel community
linked to: Linux kernel community
linked to: Linux kernel community