Mir display server
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Mir display server is a display server and compositor technology originally developed by Canonical for Ubuntu, intended as a modern alternative to traditional X11-based systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mir display server canonical | 1 |
| MirAL (Mir Abstraction Layer) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629081 — 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: Mir display server Context triple: [X11, influenced, Mir display server]
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A.
Marco window manager
Marco window manager is the lightweight, traditional window manager used by the MATE desktop environment to provide classic window handling and compositing on Unix-like systems.
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B.
Muffin window manager
Muffin window manager is the compositing window manager developed for the Cinnamon desktop environment, providing window management and visual effects on Linux systems.
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C.
Wayland
Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux and other Unix-like systems designed to replace the X Window System with a simpler, more efficient architecture.
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D.
Wayland
Wayland is a small city in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to Grand Rapids.
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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: Mir display server Target entity description: Mir display server is a display server and compositor technology originally developed by Canonical for Ubuntu, intended as a modern alternative to traditional X11-based systems.
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A.
Marco window manager
Marco window manager is the lightweight, traditional window manager used by the MATE desktop environment to provide classic window handling and compositing on Unix-like systems.
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B.
Muffin window manager
Muffin window manager is the compositing window manager developed for the Cinnamon desktop environment, providing window management and visual effects on Linux systems.
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C.
Wayland
Wayland is a modern display server protocol for Linux and other Unix-like systems designed to replace the X Window System with a simpler, more efficient architecture.
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D.
Wayland
Wayland is a small city in Allegan County, Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to Grand Rapids.
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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 |
Wayland compositor
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display server ⓘ free and open-source software ⓘ |
| designGoal |
better performance on mobile and embedded devices
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modern alternative to X11 ⓘ secure application isolation ⓘ simplified graphics stack ⓘ |
| developer | Canonical Ltd. ⓘ |
| feature |
Wayland client support
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X11 client support via Xwayland ⓘ compositing window manager ⓘ hardware-accelerated rendering ⓘ input handling ⓘ multi-monitor support ⓘ |
| license |
GPLv3
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GNU Lesser General Public License ⓘ
surface form:
LGPLv3
MIT License ⓘ |
| maintainer | Mir Server team ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| originallyIntendedAs | replacement for X.Org Server ⓘ |
| originallyIntendedFor | Ubuntu ⓘ |
| partOf | Ubuntu ecosystem ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/MirServer/mir ⓘ |
| status | actively developed (as a Wayland compositor platform) ⓘ |
| supports |
Internet of Things devices
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convergence use cases ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ graphical shells ⓘ kiosk applications ⓘ |
| supportsCompositorAPI |
Mir display server
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MirAL (Mir Abstraction Layer)
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| supportsDisplayServerRole |
Wayland
ⓘ
surface form:
Wayland server
X11 host via Xwayland ⓘ |
| supportsHardware |
DRM/KMS graphics stack
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Mesa drivers ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
Wayland
ⓘ
XWayland ⓘ
surface form:
X11 (via Xwayland)
|
| supportsSecurityModel | confinement with Snap packages ⓘ |
| supportsToolkit |
Wayland
ⓘ
surface form:
GTK (via Wayland)
Qt (via QtMir and Wayland) ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
IoT
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desktop ⓘ embedded ⓘ mobile ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Ubuntu Touch (historically)
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surface form:
Ubuntu Phone (historically)
Ubuntu Touch (historically) ⓘ Ubuntu convergence prototypes ⓘ |
| website | https://mir-server.io ⓘ |
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: Mir display server Description of subject: Mir display server is a display server and compositor technology originally developed by Canonical for Ubuntu, intended as a modern alternative to traditional X11-based systems.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MirAL (Mir Abstraction Layer)