Ututo
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| Website: | ututo.org |
| Company/ developer: |
The Ututo Team |
| OS family: | GNU/Linux |
| Source model: | Free software |
| Latest stable release: | XS 2006 / 2006 |
| Supported platforms: | i586/MMX, i686, Pentium3, Pentium4, Duron, Athlon XP, Athlon MP, K8 (Athlon64 / Opteron), Intel64 (P4 / Xeon64), One Laptop per Child/OLPC |
| Kernel type: | Modular Monolithic kernel |
| License: | GNU GPL/GNU LGPL |
| Working state: | Current |
Ututo is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Gentoo with the main goal of producing an operating system comprised entirely of free software. The name makes reference to a gecko known by this name from the north of Argentina.
Ututo is one of the few distributions of GNU/Linux that is endorsed by the Free Software Foundation [1]. The founder of the GNU project, Richard Stallman, endorses Ututo almost exclusively and uses it on his computer. [2].
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[edit] History
The first version, created in October 2000 in Argentina by Diego Saravia of the National University of Salta, was very simple to use and could be run from a CD without installation onto the hard disk. It was one of the first live CDs ever made.
In 2002, Ututo-R was created, which offered the possibility of operating like a software router. This version was created by Marcos Zapata and was installed in the schools and government computers of Buenos Aires, among other places.
In 2004, the Ututo-e project was born, swiftly becoming the most important derivative of Ututo. This project was started by Daniel Olivera, and is now maintained and developed by numerous worldwide collaborators. Ututo-e was envisioned by Pablo de Napoli, UBA's Professor and mathematician, about who believed there should be a desktop system completely based in free software, whilst taking advantage of the available computer hardware in Argentina. Comparatively, the available computers are mediocre in comparison to other nations, so it would be necessary to develop a system that was not very resource-intensive.
The latest versions of Ututo come with the label "XS". With the emergence of the XS series, there have been many new features -- including a faster system installer. Most installations of Ututo XS should not exceed thirty minutes, depending on the speed and efficiency of one's hardware.
[edit] Ututo developers and roles
Ututo has a small, but skilled team of developers and collaborators working to produce the Ututo operating system. Here is a list of all of them, including their role in the Ututo Project.
- Daniel Olivera - Project coauthor, head development coordinator
- Diego Saravia - Project coauthor, developer
- Martin Andres Gomez Gimenez - Development leader
- Diego G. Calbo Elizondo - System development
- Marco Antonio de Hoyos - Forum moderation, User support, Testing/reporting, public speaker
- Federico Casares - Ututo chief webmaster, ututo.org
- Diego Martin Lima - Testing/reporting
- Pablo Manuel Rizzo - Development team collaborator
- Juan Bidini - Web development
- Enzo Fernando Fiorencis - Documentation
- Fabrico German Baez - Documentation
- Veronica Xhardez - Documentation
- Bernardo Diego Gonzalez - Support
- Leonardo Bauchwitz - German translation
- Juan Carlos Gentile - Project diffusion
- Cristobal Lopez - Corporate support
- Stephano Barale - Project diffusion
- Stephanie Couture - French translation
- Gabriel Stein - Portuguese translation
- Dylan Knight Rogers - English translation, webmaster, various development, public speaker
- Richard Stallman - Various development, public speaker, GNU project founder
- Martin Olivera - English translation, Project diffusion
- Vladimir Sebriano - Project diffusion
- Puria Nafisi - Italian translation
- Augusto Iturri - Various development
- Ana Isabel Delgado - Various development
- David Moreno Garza - PowerPC architecture development
[edit] UTUTO versus Ututo nomenclature
The Ututo project frequently uses the term "UTUTO" to describe the project's title and operating system distribution, among other places. It is mistakenly interpreted as an acronym, as such are often used in free software projects. Conclusively, usage of "UTUTO" in substitution for "Ututo" is purely aesthetic, and is not technical by any means.
[edit] UTUTO-Get
The emergence of a highly usable package management system for Ututo has been the topic of many discussions over a few years. Pablo Rizzo has designed UTUTO-Get, an easy tool for maintaining your package database while using Ututo. Modeled after Debian's powerful apt, it should be perfected when Ututo XS 2007 is released sometime in April 2007.
[edit] Ututo GNU/FreeBSD project
Along with its usual development of a GNU/Linux distribution, the Ututo team has begun working on an operating system using the FreeBSD kernel with a set of GNU userland utilities. These are purported to be complete alongside the XS 2007 release of Ututo GNU/Linux. This will be the first BSD-centric operating system marked as entirely free by the standards of the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation.
