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Survey Date: Feb 7

Name of person providing information: Diego Saravia

E-mail address: dsa@unsa.edu.ar

Connection with this distribution: creator

1.   What is the name of your distribution?
      
        Ututo

     What is the website for your distribution?

        http://www.ututo.org

2.   What is the derivation of your distribution?

    _ Debian 2.1
    _ SuSE   6.4

2a.   If you answered anything besides "rolled from scratch", do
      you still consider your distribution "tied" to its derivation,
      e.g., you release updates to your distribution based on updates
      from the original distribution?

      No I will no tied up to other policies.

2b.  If you answered "rolled from scratch" or other, 
     do you use a package management system?  

     Not yet.
    
     The distribution is for a live CDROM only (yet),
     so its frozen in the CD, no package management needed.
     

3.   What languages do you support?  Please list, including English,
     if appropriate.

     By now, I write thing only in spanish/english. I use whenever posible
     spanish.

4.   Would you classify your distribution as a "mini"-distribution?
     (This is a very flexible term, covering Linux distributions 
     sized for a floppy or smaller, up through CD or disk-based
     Linux distributions that are on the small size.  It is more a
     matter of perception, in terms of whether you define the
     distribution partially by its small size compared to generic
     distributions like Debian, Red Hat, et al.)

     _ yes, but I dont think it in terms of minimal but specific
       distribution. Its aimed towards specific info distribution,
       teaching, showing linux, specific program execution (as sceptre
       for solar energy teaching and modeling)
    

4a.  If you answered yes to the above, please mark any of the
     following that are applicable:

      CD-based, e.g., intended to be booted from and run directly
       from a CD without requiring a hard disk.

      You can make from CD a boot floopy, and a modules floppy for scsi
      or old cds.

5.   Hardware Support.  Please mark all the hardware platforms that
     your distribution supports.

     _ Intel x86/Pentium

	
5a.  For what hardware platforms do you provide optimized binaries,
     if any?

     386

     The target is to cover all x86 as posible.

6.  Why did you decide to produce a Linux distribution?

    To allow solar energy students to use easyly a program called sceptre.
    We give to then a CD, and they do not need to install linux.

    Also for teaching, distributing info, etc. Apache, Netscape and htdig 
    are a killer combination for that.

7.  What is the target audience for your distribution?

    Solar energy students.
    People needed to try, learn linux.
    People that you want to see some info and do not have otr want to use
    internet. (We live in thirld world)
    

8.  Would you consider your distribution to be:

    _ special purpose, e.g., specifically tailored for a single
      functionality or a small group of functionalities.


8a. If you consider your distribution to be special purpose, 
    below are a list of possible purposes.  Please check all that
    apply and add any that are missing:

    _ DOS/Windows support, via:
       _ DOS partition
       _ DOS/Windows install, separate boot
       _ Windows Users, accessible from Windows

    _ Diskless Terminal support, 
          could be, we are using that way.

    _ Education/Schools

    _ Ease-of-use, for non-technical users

    _ Non-exportable crytographic support

    _ Older, slower hardware (pre-Pentium, for example)

    _ Reduced memory usage

    _ Rescue disk

    _ Security

9.   Who are the primary developers for your distribution?  
     Please provide email addresses.

        I, dsa@unsa.edu.ar

9a.  How many developers in total are working on the distribution?

        2 with help from arround 5 beta testers

9b.  How many of these developers are working full-time?

        no one

10.  Is there a packaged or commercial version of your distribution
     for sale? if so, please gives the names and URL's of the
     company or companies that provide it.

        no, but we have permission from Sun to distribute StarOffice
        and we use Netscape under their terms, we are part of 
        their redistribution program.
     
11.  What other Linux distributions do you consider to be
     most similar in design goals and target audience?

         I found when I finished Ututo, a french distribution called
         demolinux, they have similar things, but Ututo
         needs no configuration, what is one of its purpouses.

12.  What version of the kernel are you currently shipping?

              2.2.14

13.  What C libraries are you supporting:

     _ a.out
     
     _ glibc

     _ glibc2

13a.  Which C library is the default for your builds? (Check only one)

     _ glibc2

14.  How large is your default installation?

     680Mb

15.  How many packages are provided, including both default and
     optional packages?

     No packages, all preinstalled live in CD

16.  Is there a paid support service available?

     No

17.  If appropriate, in what area, geographically, are the
     developers and/or company located?

      Argentina

18.  When was your distribution first made available on the
     Internet?

      february 2001.

18a. If it is available on CD, when was it first made available on CD? 

      september 2000.

18c. When was it first publicly announced?

     october 2000.

19.  Do you have any documentable statistics on usage that you
     could share?  Such as downloads, commercial box sales, etc.

     Today I received the first report. Arround one download a day.
      
20.  Does this distribution conform to the Linux Standards Base
     as published so far or the File Hierarchy Standard?

     I try. I follow Suse by now, and Suse try also. 

20a.  If your distribution only partially conforms with the
      LSB/FHS, please describe what portions it conforms with
      and in what instances it does not conform (and why, if
      you wish to give that background).

      Same as SuSE

21.

       Ututo do not use any kind of authentication or passwords to login.
       Everyone is root. (OK its a CD!)
       Ututo mounts every partitions it found in the hard disks (FAT
       with UMSDOS, and ext2) (not scsi, if no disks, it uses memory).
       It uses a subdirectory to put your stuff: home, var, root, ...

       So its nice to repair and see everything in a machine.
       If the ownet let you boot something ......

22.  Optional Comments:

       Ututo has a deep review from people in www.vivalinux.com.ar, you
       can find a link in www.ututo.org 
  
       We are trying to get permission from Salta National University to
       sell the
       original CDs to all. By now there are people sellings CD
       that they burn by they own trought Internet in
       www.planetalinux.com.ar (Perhaps there are others, I dont know, we
       live in brave GNU world!!!)

       I am receiving support questions from people buying thats CD so I
       know there are people buying it.

23.  Any questions specific to the distribution?