Openbox
E209119
Openbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, often used in minimal or performance-focused Linux desktop setups.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Openbox canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1846353 — 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: Openbox Context triple: [LXQt, supportsWindowManager, Openbox]
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A.
Xfce
Xfce is a lightweight, fast, and modular desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, designed to be visually appealing while using minimal system resources.
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B.
LXDE
LXDE is a lightweight, fast, and energy-efficient desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, designed to run well on low-resource hardware.
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C.
IceWM
IceWM is a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, popular on resource-constrained Linux and Unix-like systems.
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D.
LXQt desktop environment
LXQt desktop environment is a lightweight, modular, and Qt-based graphical desktop environment designed to be fast and resource-efficient, particularly suitable for older or low-spec hardware.
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E.
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.
- 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: Openbox Target entity description: Openbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, often used in minimal or performance-focused Linux desktop setups.
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A.
Xfce
Xfce is a lightweight, fast, and modular desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, designed to be visually appealing while using minimal system resources.
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B.
LXDE
LXDE is a lightweight, fast, and energy-efficient desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, designed to run well on low-resource hardware.
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C.
IceWM
IceWM is a lightweight, fast, and highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, popular on resource-constrained Linux and Unix-like systems.
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D.
LXQt desktop environment
LXQt desktop environment is a lightweight, modular, and Qt-based graphical desktop environment designed to be fast and resource-efficient, particularly suitable for older or low-spec hardware.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X Window System window manager
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ stacking window manager ⓘ |
| canBeUsedAs | standalone desktop environment core ⓘ |
| canBeUsedWith |
desktop icon managers
ⓘ
panel applications ⓘ system trays ⓘ |
| category |
X Window System software
ⓘ
free desktop software ⓘ window managers ⓘ |
| configurationFile |
autostart file
ⓘ
menu.xml ⓘ rc.xml ⓘ |
| configurationMethod | plain text configuration files ⓘ |
| designGoal |
highly configurable
ⓘ
lightweight ⓘ standards compliant ⓘ |
| feature |
dock and panel support
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pipe menus ⓘ session management integration ⓘ support for multiple workspaces ⓘ window decorations ⓘ window focus policies ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
fast startup time
ⓘ
high customizability ⓘ low memory usage ⓘ |
| isExtensibleWith | external tools and scripts ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
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Linux ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| supports |
EWMH
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ICCCM ⓘ NetWM hints ⓘ UTF-8 ⓘ X Window System ⓘ
linked to:
X11
custom root menu ⓘ edge resistance and snapping ⓘ keyboard shortcuts ⓘ mouse bindings ⓘ per-application window rules ⓘ themes ⓘ theming via style files ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
minimal Linux desktop setups
ⓘ
performance-focused Linux desktop setups ⓘ |
| website | http://openbox.org ⓘ |
| windowManagementStyle | stacking ⓘ |
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: Openbox Description of subject: Openbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, often used in minimal or performance-focused Linux desktop setups.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
LXQt desktop environment
subject linked to:
Raspbian / Raspberry Pi OS
subject linked to:
Window Manager
subject linked to:
Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment
subject linked to:
Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment