Ututo
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| Company / developer | The Ututo Team |
| OS family | Unix-like |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Free and open source software |
| Initial release | 16 October 2000 |
| Latest stable release | XS 2011 / March 3, 2011 |
| Update method | ututo-get, using ebuilds from Gentoo |
| Package manager | ututo-get |
| Supported platforms | IA-32, x86-64; different repositories and optimizations for atom, duron-athlon, k8, pentium3, pentium4, nocona |
| Kernel type | Monolithic: Linux, FreeBSD |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | GNOME, KDE, Xfce |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Official website | www.ututo.org |
Ututo GNU/Linux is a Linux distribution consisting entirely of free software. The name makes reference to a gecko known by this name from northern Argentina.[1] It is compiled using Gentoo Linux "ebuilds" and "emerge" software. All documentation is in Spanish.
Ututo was the first fully free Linux system recognized by the GNU Project.[2][3] The founder of the GNU Project, Richard Stallman, formerly endorsed the distribution nearly exclusively,[4][5][6][7] and used in his personal machine,[8] before he switched to gNewSense.
Ututo is one of the few original Linux distributions that has its own complete binary repository. Ututo also has different binaries optimized for different Intel and AMD processors .[9] That makes Ututo reasonably fast on old machines.
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[edit] History
Ututo was first released in 2000 by Diego Saravia in National University of Salta. Argentina. It was one of the first live CD distributions in the world and the first Linux distribution in Argentina, under ISBN 987-9381-06-8. Ututo carried Simusol,[10] a system to simulate Solar Energy projects. Ututo was called the simple GNU/Linux, because it did not need any configuration. It automatically detected the hardware in the machine, it only asked to "move your mouse". At that time no other distribution worked that way.[11][12][13]
In 2002, Ututo-R was created, which offered the possibility of operating like a software router. This version was created by Marcos Zapata and used in Buenos Aires public schools.[14][15]
In 2004, the Ututo-e project was born, swiftly becoming the most important derivative of Ututo.[16] This project was started by Daniel Olivera.
In 2006, Ututo was declared “of National Interest” by the Honourable Chamber of Deputies of Argentina.[17][18]
The latest versions of Ututo are called "UTUTO XS". With the emergence of the XS series, there have been many new features, including a faster system installer.[19][20][21] It's being used in different hardware projects.[22]
[edit] Nomenclature
The Ututo project frequently uses the term "UTUTO" to describe the project's title, the operating system distribution and in several other areas. It is not an acronym, as they are often used in free software projects. Usage of "UTUTO" in substitution for "Ututo" is purely aesthetic, and is not technical by any means.
[edit] UTUTO-Get
The emergence of a package management system for Ututo has been the topic of many discussions over a few years. Pablo Manuel Rizzo has designed UTUTO-Get, a tool for maintaining a package database modeled after Debian's APT;[23] however, as other Gentoo-based distros, Ututo is compatible with Portage.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Investigadores atraparán 10 "Ututos"
- ^ List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions
- ^ Interview: Richard Stallman, Kernel Trap, 2005
- ^ Ututo-e: "The only free distribution" revisited
- ^ Richard Stallman, 2006
- ^ Stallman recommends Ututo XS in LatinoWare 2007
- ^ Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems, GNU Project, 2009.
- ^ Ututo: el sistema que usa Richard Stallman, Marcos Guglielmetti, 2006
- ^ Review: Ututo-e, the "only free distribution" Bruce Byfield, 2005
- ^ http://www.simusol.org.ar/
- ^ Ututo, el linux argentino, 2001
- ^ INTERNET: Reportaje a Diego Saravia creador del Novedoso Ututo, de la Universidad Nacional de Salta Clarín (newspaper), 2001
- ^ Argentina Embraces the Penguin, Wired (magazine), 2001
- ^ Linux penguin dances tango in schools. Fernando Cassia, 15 June 2003
- ^ Ya van 11 escuelas de Buenos Aires con UtutoR (Reporte)
- ^ Nueva distribución GNU/Linux totalmente libre: UTUTO-e
- ^ DECLARAR DE INTERES DE LA H CAMARA EL "Proyecto Social de desarrollo e incorporación de Tecnología Informática basada en Software Libre denominado UTUTO"
- ^ Software Libre : Proyecto UTUTO Declarado de Interés Nacional
- ^ Ututo XS liberado
- ^ Ututo: Software Libre desde Argentina para el Mundo
- ^ “UTUTO”, EL SOFTWARE LIBRE ARGENTINO. Libertad, igualdad, fraternidad
- ^ http://www.xataka.com/tablets/ifreetablet-la-tableta-para-el-hogar-digital-made-in-spain
- ^ Ututo XS 2007
[edit] External links
- Ututo's website
- A review of Ututo-e by Linux.com
- Richard Stallman talking about Ututo
- Ututo at DistroWatch
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