Ututo

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Ututo
DeveloperThe Ututo Team
OS familyGNU/Linux
Working stateCurrent
Source modelFree software
Latest releaseXS 2006 / 2006
Platformsi586/MMX, i686, Pentium3, Pentium4, Duron, Athlon XP, Athlon MP, K8 (Athlon64 / Opteron), Intel64 (P4 / Xeon64), One Laptop per Child/OLPC
Kernel typeModular Monolithic kernel
LicenseGNU GPL/GNU LGPL
Official websiteututo.org

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 small lizard or 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].

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.

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

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 package management system, it should be perfected when Ututo XS 2007 is released sometime in April 2007.


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