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{{Short description|Entirely free Linux distribution}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox OS
| name                   = Ututo
| logo                   = Ututo logo.png
| screenshot             = Ututo 2012 screenshot.png
| developer              = The Ututo Team
| website                = {{URL|ututo.org}}
| caption                = 
| released               = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2000|10|16}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ututo.org/?Historia/Ututo%2C-un-GNU%2FLinux-Simple.|title=History of Ututo|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831045608/http://ututo.org/?Historia%2FUtuto%2C-un-GNU%2FLinux-Simple.|archive-date=31 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| latest preview version = Candidato-Ututo-2017-UL.iso<ref name="ututo.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.ututo.org/downloads/|title=Index of /downloads|work=ututo.org|access-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217064514/http://ututo.org/downloads/|archive-date=17 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| latest_release_version = XS 2012
| latest_release_date    = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2012|04|27}}
| license                = Exclusively [[free license]]s per [[GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines]] (GNU FSDG)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html|title=List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions- GNU Project - Free Software Foundation|work=gnu.org|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>
| marketing_target       = 
| source_model           = <!-- Leave blank and do not remove this comment; the article "Source_model" redirects to "Open_source". -->
| frequently_updated     = yes
| family                 = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| kernel_type            = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel|Linux]], [[FreeBSD]])
| userland               = [[GNU Core Utilities|GNU]]
| ui                     = [[GNOME]], [[KDE]], [[Xfce]]
| working_state          = Discontinued
| supported_platforms    = [[IA-32]], [[x86-64]]; different repositories and optimizations for atom, duron-athlon, k8, pentium3, pentium4, nocona
| updatemodel            = ututo-get, using ebuilds from [[Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]
| package manager        = ututo-get
}}

'''Ututo''' was a [[Linux distribution]] consisting entirely of [[free software]]. The distribution is named for a variety of [[gecko]] found in northern [[Argentina]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eltribuno.info/salta/diario/hoy/salta/investigadores-atraparan-10-ututos |title=Investigadores atraparán 10 "Ututos" }}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Ututo was the first fully free [[Linux]]-based system recognized by the [[GNU Project]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html |title=List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> The founder of the [[GNU Project]], [[Richard Stallman]], formerly endorsed the [[Linux distribution|distribution]] nearly exclusively,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/114136 |title=Ututo-e: "The only free distribution" revisited|date=11 September 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pablorizzo.com/archivos/stallman-recomienda-ututo-xs-en-latinoware2007.ogg |title=Stallman recommends Ututo XS in LatinoWare 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/common-distros.html |title=Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems, GNU Project, 2009.}}</ref> and used it on his personal computer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mastermagazine.info/articulo/9216.php |title=Ututo: el sistema que usa Richard Stallman |first=Marcos |last=Guglielmetti |year=2006}}</ref> before he switched to [[gNewSense]], and later [[Trisquel]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Stallman |first1=Richard |title=How I do my computing |url=https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html |website=Richard Stallman's personal site. |access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>

==History==
Ututo was first released in 2000 by Diego Saravia in [[National University of Salta]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ututo|title=Ututo|date=3 March 2018|website=DistroWatch|access-date=3 November 2018}}</ref> [[Argentina]]. It was one of the first [[live CD]] distributions in the world<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ututo.org/?Historia%2FUtuto%2C-un-GNU%2FLinux-Simple.|title=Ututo, a Simple GNU / Linux|date=3 November 2018|website=ututo.org|access-date=3 November 2018|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230094429/http://www.ututo.org/?Historia%2FUtuto%2C-un-GNU%2FLinux-Simple.|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the first Linux distribution in Argentina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/news/gnulinux-ututo-first-argentinian-linux-distribution|title=UTUTO, the first Argentinian Linux distribution|last=Smith|first=JT|date=15 December 2000|website=linux.com|access-date=3 November 2018}}</ref> Ututo carried Simusol,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.simusol.org.ar/ |title=SimuSol - Que es SimuSol |access-date=28 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117163447/http://simusol.org.ar/ |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> a system to simulate Solar Energy projects. Ututo was simple to install, because it did not need any configuration. It automatically detected the [[Computer hardware|hardware]] in the machine, it only asked to "move your mouse". At that time no other distribution worked that way.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.noticias.com/articulo/20-12-2001/redaccion/ututo-linux-argentino-2mi0.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905230222/http://www.noticias.com/articulo/20-12-2001/redaccion/ututo-linux-argentino-2mi0.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-05 |title=Ututo, el linux argentino |year=2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2001/07/13/s-285112.htm |title=INTERNET: Reportaje a Diego Saravia creador del Novedoso Ututo, de la Universidad Nacional de Salta |publisher=Clarín newspaper |year=2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2001/05/43737 |title=Argentina Embraces the Penguin |publisher=Wired magazine |year=2001}}</ref>{{Request quotation|date=May 2012}}

In 2002, Ututo-R was created, which offered the possibility of operating like a [[router (computing)|software router]]. This version was created by Marcos Zapata and used in Buenos Aires public schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1008535/linux-penguin-dances-tango-schools |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607133355/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1008535/linux-penguin-dances-tango-schools |url-status=unfit |archive-date=7 June 2011 |title=Linux penguin dances tango in schools |first=Fernando |last=Cassia |date=15 June 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://aty.hipatia.net/elgg/news/weblog/1088.html |title=Ya van 11 escuelas de Buenos Aires con UtutoR (Reporte) |access-date=29 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624085716/http://aty.hipatia.net/elgg/news/weblog/1088.html |archive-date=24 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2004, the Ututo-e project was born, swiftly becoming the most important derivative of Ututo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gnuticias.es.gnu.org/1135950264/index_html |title=Nueva distribución GNU/Linux totalmente libre: UTUTO-e |access-date=29 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722195944/http://gnuticias.es.gnu.org/1135950264/index_html |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This project was started by Daniel Olivera.

In 2006, Ututo was declared "of National Interest" by the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.hcdn.gov.ar/proyxml/expediente.asp?fundamentos=si&numexp=6412-D-2006|title=DECLARAR DE INTERES DE LA H CAMARA EL "Proyecto Social de desarrollo e incorporación de Tecnología Informática basada en Software Libre denominado UTUTO"|date=27 October 2006|publisher=Government of Argentina|language=es|access-date=27 May 2019|archive-date=21 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221094601/http://www1.hcdn.gov.ar/proyxml/expediente.asp?fundamentos=si&numexp=6412-D-2006|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://conmutador.net/modules/noticias/article.php?storyid=164 |title=Software Libre : Proyecto UTUTO Declarado de Interés Nacional |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070731175201/http://conmutador.net/modules/noticias/article.php?storyid=164 |archive-date=31 July 2007}}</ref>

==Ututo XS==
Ututo XS is the current stable version of Ututo.

Ututo XS is compiled using [[Gentoo Linux]] ''[[ebuild]]s'' and ''[[Portage (software)#Emerge|emerge]]'' software. All documentation is in Spanish.

With the emergence of the XS series, many new features were added, including a faster system installer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.redpanal.org/2009/11/13/%C2%A1ututo-xs-2010-liberado/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20091117193822/http://www.redpanal.org/2009/11/13/%C2%A1ututo-xs-2010-liberado/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-17 |title=Ututo XS liberado }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://raulespinola.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/ututo-software-libre-desde-argentina-para-el-mundo/ |title=Ututo: Software Libre desde Argentina para el Mundo|date=13 March 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/suplementos/futuro/13-1453-2006-04-22.html |title="UTUTO", EL SOFTWARE LIBRE ARGENTINO. Libertad, igualdad, fraternidad}}</ref> Ututo has been used in different hardware projects such as {{Proper name|iFreeTablet}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xataka.com/tablets/ifreetablet-la-tableta-para-el-hogar-digital-made-in-spain |title=iFreeTablet, la tableta para el hogar digital made in Spain |first=Javier |last=Penalva |publisher=Xataka |date=2 February 2010 |access-date=28 May 2013}}</ref> Pablo Manuel Rizzo designed the package management system, Ututo-Get, modelled after [[Debian]]'s [[Advanced Packaging Tool|APT]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubuntips.com.ar/2007/06/14/447/ |title=Ututo XS 2007 |access-date=29 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608131940/http://www.ubuntips.com.ar/2007/06/14/447/ |archive-date=8 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> however, as other [[Gentoo Linux|Gentoo]]-based distros, Ututo is compatible with [[Portage (software)|Portage]].

Ututo has different binaries optimized for different [[Intel]] and [[AMD]] processors .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linux.com/archive/articles/44411 |title=Review: Ututo-e, the "only free distribution" |first=Bruce |last=Byfield |year=2005}}</ref>

With no releases since 2012 the distribution is considered "dormant".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=ututo|title=DistroWatch.com: UTUTO|author=DistroWatch|work=distrowatch.com|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>

==Ututo UL==
Ututo UL (or Ubuntu-Libre) is the current developed version of Ututo. Ututo UL utilize [[Ubuntu (operating system)|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.<ref name="ututo.org"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ututo.org/en/|title=Ututo–Home|first=Diego|last=Saravia|work=ututo.org|access-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831091212/http://ututo.org/en/|archive-date=31 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Tux Machines reviewed Ututo in 2006:
{{quote|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.<ref>[http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/4321 Ubuntu Meets Gentoo: Utoto Linux | Tux Machines]</ref>}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Comparison of Linux distributions]]
* [[GNU/Linux naming controversy]]
* [[List of Linux distributions#Gentoo-based|List of Linux distributions based on Gentoo]]
* [[List of Linux distributions#Historical distributions|List of 3rd-party Linux distributions based on Ubuntu]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|ututo.org}}
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/114136 A review of Ututo-e by Linux.com]
* [http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/195096/stallman_want_freedom_don_t_follow_linus_torvalds?pp=2 Richard Stallman talking about Ututo]
* {{DistroWatch|ututo|NAME=Ututo}}

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