xfce4-session
E721338
xfce4-session is the session manager for the Xfce desktop environment, responsible for starting, saving, and restoring user sessions and running core desktop services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xfce session | 3 |
| xfce4-session canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8246999 — 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: xfce4-session Context triple: [Xfce, component, xfce4-session]
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A.
Xfwm4
Xfwm4 is the lightweight, compositing window manager used by the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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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.
Fluxbox
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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D.
XFree86
XFree86 is an open-source implementation of the X Window System for Unix-like operating systems, historically used to provide graphical user interfaces on many Linux and BSD distributions.
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E.
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.
- 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: xfce4-session Target entity description: xfce4-session is the session manager for the Xfce desktop environment, responsible for starting, saving, and restoring user sessions and running core desktop services.
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A.
Xfwm4
Xfwm4 is the lightweight, compositing window manager used by the Xfce desktop environment on Unix-like systems.
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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.
Fluxbox
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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D.
XFree86
XFree86 is an open-source implementation of the X Window System for Unix-like operating systems, historically used to provide graphical user interfaces on many Linux and BSD distributions.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Xfce component
ⓘ
session manager ⓘ software package ⓘ |
| configurationMethod |
XML configuration files
ⓘ
graphical settings dialog ⓘ |
| configurationStoredIn | $HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml ⓘ |
| dependsOn |
libxfce4ui
ⓘ
libxfce4util ⓘ xfconf ⓘ |
| developedFor |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like operating systems ⓘ |
| freeSoftware | true ⓘ |
| homepage | https://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/start ⓘ |
| implements |
freedesktop.org Autostart specification
ⓘ
linked to:
XDG specifications
|
| includedIn | most Xfce distributions ⓘ |
| interactsWith |
display manager
ⓘ
xfce4-panel ⓘ xfdesktop ⓘ xfwm4 ⓘ
linked to:
Xfwm4
|
| license | GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Xfce project
ⓘ
linked to:
Xfce
|
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| operatesOn | user sessions ⓘ |
| partOf |
Xfce desktop environment
ⓘ
linked to:
Xfce
|
| provides |
error dialog for crashed applications
ⓘ
logout dialog ⓘ session chooser ⓘ session settings GUI ⓘ splash screen support ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
restoring user sessions
ⓘ
running core desktop services ⓘ saving user sessions ⓘ starting user sessions ⓘ |
| sourceRepository | https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session ⓘ |
| supports |
hibernate
ⓘ
logout ⓘ multiple sessions ⓘ reboot ⓘ session autostart ⓘ session management ⓘ session restoration on login ⓘ session saving on logout ⓘ shutdown ⓘ suspend ⓘ |
| uses |
GTK
ⓘ
X11 ⓘ XDG autostart .desktop files ⓘ |
| writtenIn | C ⓘ |
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: xfce4-session Description of subject: xfce4-session is the session manager for the Xfce desktop environment, responsible for starting, saving, and restoring user sessions and running core desktop services.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: xfce4-session
linked to: xfce4-session