Fluxbox
E213685
Fluxbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, known for its speed and minimal resource usage.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fluxbox canonical | 2 |
| Fluxbox menu | 1 |
| Fluxbox slit | 1 |
| Fluxbox toolbar | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1846356 — 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: Fluxbox Context triple: [LXQt, supportsWindowManager, Fluxbox]
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A.
Openbox
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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B.
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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C.
Xfwm4
Xfwm4 is the lightweight, compositing window manager used by the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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D.
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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E.
LXDE
LXDE is a lightweight, fast, and energy-efficient desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, designed to run well on low-resource hardware.
- 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: Fluxbox Target entity description: Fluxbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, known for its speed and minimal resource usage.
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A.
Openbox
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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B.
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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C.
Xfwm4
Xfwm4 is the lightweight, compositing window manager used by the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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D.
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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E.
LXDE
LXDE is a lightweight, fast, and energy-efficient desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, designed to run well on low-resource hardware.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
X Window System window manager
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ stacking window manager ⓘ |
| basedOn | Blackbox window manager ⓘ |
| configurationFile |
~/.fluxbox/init
ⓘ
~/.fluxbox/keys ⓘ ~/.fluxbox/menu ⓘ ~/.fluxbox/styles ⓘ |
| designGoal |
high configurability
ⓘ
high speed ⓘ low resource usage ⓘ minimalism ⓘ |
| genre | lightweight window manager ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Fluxbox
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Fluxbox menu
Fluxbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Fluxbox slit
Fluxbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Fluxbox toolbar
Fluxbox window tabs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
configurable toolbar
ⓘ
highly configurable key bindings ⓘ menu-based application launcher ⓘ slit for dockapps ⓘ system tray support ⓘ tabbed windows ⓘ theming support ⓘ virtual desktops ⓘ window grouping ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Blackbox window manager ⓘ |
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form:
Solaris
Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| supports |
EWMH
ⓘ
surface form:
EWMH (Extended Window Manager Hints)
EWMH ⓘ
surface form:
ICCCM (Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual)
Xft font rendering ⓘ |
| supportsCustomization |
keyboard shortcuts
ⓘ
menus ⓘ mouse bindings ⓘ toolbar appearance ⓘ window themes ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
X11
ⓘ
surface form:
X Window System
|
| typicalUse |
lightweight desktop environment
ⓘ
minimalist Linux setups ⓘ older hardware ⓘ resource-constrained systems ⓘ |
| writtenFor | advanced Linux and Unix users ⓘ |
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: Fluxbox Description of subject: Fluxbox is a lightweight, highly configurable stacking window manager for the X Window System, known for its speed and minimal resource usage.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
LXQt
this entity surface form:
Fluxbox toolbar
this entity surface form:
Fluxbox slit
this entity surface form:
Fluxbox menu