DragonFly BSD
E732936
DragonFly BSD is a Unix-like operating system derived from FreeBSD, known for its focus on performance, scalability, and its unique HAMMER file system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DragonFly BSD canonical | 9 |
| DragonFly BSD/amd64 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8414213 — 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: DragonFly BSD Context triple: [pkgsrc, operatingSystem, DragonFly BSD]
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A.
NomadBSD
NomadBSD is a persistent live desktop operating system based on FreeBSD, designed to run from USB drives for portable and user-friendly BSD computing.
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B.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system known for its reliability, advanced networking features, and use in servers, storage, and embedded systems.
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C.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free, security-focused, Unix-like operating system known for its code correctness, proactive security features, and integrated cryptographic tools.
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D.
GhostBSD
GhostBSD is a user-friendly, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD, designed to provide an easy and accessible BSD experience.
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E.
Bluebottle operating system
Bluebottle is a research-oriented, object-based operating system that extends the Oberon system with active objects, real-time capabilities, and a modern graphical user interface.
- 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: DragonFly BSD Target entity description: DragonFly BSD is a Unix-like operating system derived from FreeBSD, known for its focus on performance, scalability, and its unique HAMMER file system.
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A.
NomadBSD
NomadBSD is a persistent live desktop operating system based on FreeBSD, designed to run from USB drives for portable and user-friendly BSD computing.
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B.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system known for its reliability, advanced networking features, and use in servers, storage, and embedded systems.
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C.
OpenBSD
OpenBSD is a free, security-focused, Unix-like operating system known for its code correctness, proactive security features, and integrated cryptographic tools.
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D.
GhostBSD
GhostBSD is a user-friendly, desktop-oriented operating system based on FreeBSD, designed to provide an easy and accessible BSD experience.
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E.
Bluebottle operating system
Bluebottle is a research-oriented, object-based operating system that extends the Oberon system with active objects, real-time capabilities, and a modern graphical user interface.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Unix-like operating system ⓘ |
| basedOn | FreeBSD ⓘ |
| bootLoader | BSD boot loader ⓘ |
| codeRepository | https://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git ⓘ |
| defaultInitSystem | BSD-style rc scripts ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | FreeBSD 4.x codebase ⓘ |
| designGoal |
efficient concurrency
ⓘ
high performance on multiprocessor systems ⓘ simplified SMP locking ⓘ |
| developer | Matthew Dillon ⓘ |
| feature |
HAMMER file system
ⓘ
HAMMER2 file system ⓘ
linked to:
HAMMER2
advanced networking stack ⓘ clustering-oriented design goals ⓘ lightweight kernel threads ⓘ pkg package management system ⓘ symmetric multiprocessing support ⓘ virtual kernel (vkernel) ⓘ virtual memory subsystem improvements ⓘ |
| fileSystem |
HAMMER
ⓘ
HAMMER2 ⓘ |
| focus |
performance
ⓘ
robustness ⓘ scalability ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| license | BSD license ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily | BSD ⓘ |
| originCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| packageManager | pkg ⓘ |
| sourceModel | open source ⓘ |
| supports |
HAMMER deduplication
ⓘ
HAMMER mirroring ⓘ HAMMER snapshots ⓘ HAMMER2 clustering features ⓘ IPv6 ⓘ SMP ⓘ UFS file system ⓘ virtualization via vkernels ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
x86
ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
advanced users
ⓘ
developers ⓘ system administrators ⓘ |
| website | https://www.dragonflybsd.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: DragonFly BSD Description of subject: DragonFly BSD is a Unix-like operating system derived from FreeBSD, known for its focus on performance, scalability, and its unique HAMMER file system.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: DragonFly BSD