Ututo

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Entirely free Linux distribution

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::summary Entirely free Linux distribution ::

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nameUtuto
logoUtuto logo.png
screenshotUtuto 2012 screenshot.png
developerThe Ututo Team
website
released
latest preview versionCandidato-Ututo-2017-UL.iso
latest_release_versionXS 2012
latest_release_date
licenseExclusively free licenses per GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines (GNU FSDG)
source_model
frequently_updatedyes
familyLinux (Unix-like)
kernel_typeMonolithic (Linux, FreeBSD)
userlandGNU
uiGNOME, KDE, Xfce
working_stateDiscontinued
supported_platformsIA-32, x86-64; different repositories and optimizations for atom, duron-athlon, k8, pentium3, pentium4, nocona
updatemodelututo-get, using ebuilds from Gentoo
package managerututo-get
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Ututo was a Linux distribution consisting entirely of free software. The distribution is named for a variety of gecko found in northern Argentina.

Ututo was the first fully free Linux-based system recognized by the GNU Project.{{cite web|url=http://kerneltrap.org/node/4484 |title=Interview: Richard Stallman, Kernel Trap |date=4 January 2005 |first=Jeremy |last= Andrews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120072858/http://kerneltrap.org/node/4484 |archive-date=20 January 2012}} The founder of the GNU Project, Richard Stallman, formerly endorsed the distribution nearly exclusively,{{cite web|url=http://superuser.com.au/wiki/index.php/Richard_Stallman |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215222132/http://superuser.com.au/wiki/index.php/Richard_Stallman |archive-date=15 February 2008 |title=Superuser - Richard Stallman |year=2006}} and used it on his personal computer, before he switched to gNewSense, and later Trisquel.

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. Ututo carried Simusol, a system to simulate Solar Energy projects. Ututo was simple to install, 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.

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.

In 2004, the Ututo-e project was born, swiftly becoming the most important derivative of Ututo. This project was started by Daniel Olivera.

In 2006, Ututo was declared "of National Interest" by the Argentine Chamber of Deputies.

Ututo XS

Ututo XS is the current stable version of Ututo.

Ututo XS is compiled using Gentoo Linux ebuilds and emerge software. All documentation is in Spanish.

With the emergence of the XS series, many new features were added, including a faster system installer. Ututo has been used in different hardware projects such as . Pablo Manuel Rizzo designed the package management system, Ututo-Get, modelled after Debian's APT; however, as other Gentoo-based distros, Ututo is compatible with Portage.

Ututo has different binaries optimized for different Intel and AMD processors .

With no releases since 2012 the distribution is considered "dormant".

Ututo UL

Ututo UL (or Ubuntu-Libre) is the current developed version of Ututo. Ututo UL utilize Ubuntu as the distro base, with all non-free software removed as usual in the Ututo project, and Linux-libre as the kernel.

In 2017 the original idea of distributing Simusol, a system to simulate Solar Energy projects, returned to the heart of the project.

Reception

Tux Machines reviewed Ututo in 2006: ::quote[attribution="Tux Machines]"] So, all in all, it's a very respectable project. The installer is not exactly the easiest in the world, but the desktop is nice looking with some handy tools and adequate applications. I'm left with mixed feelings about it, having started out quite excited. But it was still nice to try. If you are a gnome or ubuntu fan, you should really check it out.[http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/4321 Ubuntu Meets Gentoo: Utoto Linux ::

References

References

  1. "History of Ututo".
  2. "Index of /downloads". ututo.org.
  3. "List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation". gnu.org.
  4. (July 2018). "Investigadores atraparán 10 "Ututos" }}{{Dead link".
  5. "List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions".
  6. (11 September 2008). "Ututo-e: "The only free distribution" revisited".
  7. "Stallman recommends Ututo XS in LatinoWare 2007".
  8. "Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems, GNU Project, 2009.".
  9. Guglielmetti, Marcos. (2006). "Ututo: el sistema que usa Richard Stallman".
  10. "How I do my computing".
  11. (3 March 2018). "Ututo".
  12. (3 November 2018). "Ututo, a Simple GNU / Linux".
  13. Smith, JT. (15 December 2000). "UTUTO, the first Argentinian Linux distribution".
  14. "SimuSol - Que es SimuSol".
  15. (2001). "Ututo, el linux argentino".
  16. (2001). "INTERNET: Reportaje a Diego Saravia creador del Novedoso Ututo, de la Universidad Nacional de Salta". Clarín newspaper.
  17. (2001). "Argentina Embraces the Penguin". Wired magazine.
  18. Cassia, Fernando. (15 June 2003). "Linux penguin dances tango in schools".
  19. "Ya van 11 escuelas de Buenos Aires con UtutoR (Reporte)".
  20. "Nueva distribución GNU/Linux totalmente libre: UTUTO-e".
  21. (27 October 2006). "DECLARAR DE INTERES DE LA H CAMARA EL "Proyecto Social de desarrollo e incorporación de Tecnología Informática basada en Software Libre denominado UTUTO"". Government of Argentina.
  22. "Software Libre : Proyecto UTUTO Declarado de Interés Nacional".
  23. "Ututo XS liberado".
  24. (13 March 2009). "Ututo: Software Libre desde Argentina para el Mundo".
  25. ""UTUTO", EL SOFTWARE LIBRE ARGENTINO. Libertad, igualdad, fraternidad".
  26. Penalva, Javier. (2 February 2010). "iFreeTablet, la tableta para el hogar digital made in Spain". Xataka.
  27. "Ututo XS 2007".
  28. Byfield, Bruce. (2005). "Review: Ututo-e, the "only free distribution"".
  29. DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: UTUTO". distrowatch.com.
  30. Saravia, Diego. "Ututo–Home". ututo.org.
  31. [http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/4321 Ubuntu Meets Gentoo: Utoto Linux. Tux Machines]

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