Linux/m68k
E38957
Linux/m68k is a port of the Linux operating system designed to run on computers based on the Motorola 68000-series (m68k) processors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linux/m68k canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T300037 — 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/m68k Context triple: [Motorola 68000 family, supportedOperatingSystem, Linux/m68k]
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A.
Motorola 68000 family
The Motorola 68000 family is a line of 16/32-bit CISC microprocessors widely used in early personal computers, workstations, and game consoles during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
CP/M-86
CP/M-86 is a 16-bit version of the CP/M operating system designed for Intel 8086/8088-based computers, serving as an early alternative to MS-DOS on machines like the IBM PC.
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C.
PowerPC
PowerPC is a RISC-based microprocessor architecture developed in the early 1990s by the AIM alliance (Apple, IBM, and Motorola) and used in a wide range of computers, embedded systems, and game consoles.
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D.
MIPS
MIPS is a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) processor architecture widely used in embedded systems, networking equipment, and academic settings.
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E.
Classic Mac OS
Classic Mac OS is the original graphical operating system for Apple’s Macintosh computers, known for its intuitive interface, single-tasking roots, and evolution from System 1 through Mac OS 9 before being replaced by macOS.
- 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/m68k Target entity description: Linux/m68k is a port of the Linux operating system designed to run on computers based on the Motorola 68000-series (m68k) processors.
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A.
Motorola 68000 family
The Motorola 68000 family is a line of 16/32-bit CISC microprocessors widely used in early personal computers, workstations, and game consoles during the 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
CP/M-86
CP/M-86 is a 16-bit version of the CP/M operating system designed for Intel 8086/8088-based computers, serving as an early alternative to MS-DOS on machines like the IBM PC.
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C.
PowerPC
PowerPC is a RISC-based microprocessor architecture developed in the early 1990s by the AIM alliance (Apple, IBM, and Motorola) and used in a wide range of computers, embedded systems, and game consoles.
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D.
MIPS
MIPS is a RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) processor architecture widely used in embedded systems, networking equipment, and academic settings.
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E.
Classic Mac OS
Classic Mac OS is the original graphical operating system for Apple’s Macintosh computers, known for its intuitive interface, single-tasking roots, and evolution from System 1 through Mac OS 9 before being replaced by macOS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux kernel port
ⓘ
operating system kernel port ⓘ |
| basedOn | Linux kernel ⓘ |
| developmentModel |
community-driven development
ⓘ
open source ⓘ |
| hasEndianness | big-endian ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | official Linux kernel source ⓘ |
| kernelTree | mainline Linux kernel ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Linux m68k port maintainers ⓘ |
| maintainedWithin | Linux kernel community ⓘ |
| supportsBootMethod |
Amiga bootloaders
ⓘ
Atari bootloaders ⓘ Mac 68k bootloaders ⓘ |
| supportsCPU |
68020
ⓘ
68030 ⓘ 68040 ⓘ 68060 ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
TCP/IP networking
ⓘ
loadable kernel modules ⓘ multitasking ⓘ multiuser ⓘ virtual memory ⓘ |
| supportsFileSystem |
ISO 9660
ⓘ
Minix filesystem ⓘ NFS ⓘ ext2 ⓘ ext3 ⓘ ext4 ⓘ procfs ⓘ |
| supportsFPU |
Motorola 68881
ⓘ
Motorola 68882 ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68881
|
| supportsKernelMode | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| supportsMMU | Motorola 68851 ⓘ |
| supportsMMURequirement | requires MMU ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
ARAnyM
ⓘ
Amiga ⓘ Atari Falcon ⓘ Atari ST ⓘ Atari TT ⓘ
linked to:
Atari ST
BVME6000 ⓘ MVME147 ⓘ MVME16x ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola VMEbus systems
Macintosh 68k ⓘ
linked to:
68k Macintosh
Q40 ⓘ Q60 ⓘ Sun-3 ⓘ VMEbus systems ⓘ |
| supportsToolchain |
GCC
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Compiler Collection
binutils ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Binutils
glibc ⓘ
linked to:
GNU C Library
|
| supportsUserland |
Debian GNU/Linux m68k
ⓘ
linked to:
Debian
GNU userland ⓘ Gentoo m68k ⓘ
linked to:
Gentoo Linux
|
| targetArchitecture |
Motorola 68000
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
m68k ⓘ |
| targetArchitectureFamily |
Motorola 680x0
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
|
| useCase |
embedded systems based on m68k
ⓘ
retrocomputing ⓘ running Linux on classic 68k hardware ⓘ |
| website | https://www.linux-m68k.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: Linux/m68k Description of subject: Linux/m68k is a port of the Linux operating system designed to run on computers based on the Motorola 68000-series (m68k) processors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.