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NewsForge: Review: Ututo-e, The “Only Free Distribution”

By Bruce Byfield

” Ututo-e is a Gentoo-based distribution developed in Argentina.
Of all the x86 distributions listed on DistroWatch, Ututo-e is the
only distribution endorsed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF).
Since he first noticed Ututo-e while visiting Argentina last
August, Richard Stallman has described it as ‘the only free
GNU/Linux distro I know of’–an endorsement that promises to boost
its user base the way that John F. Kennedy’s endorsement of the
James Bond books boosted their sales. In addition, the FSF hosts
Ututo-e on its FTP site.

“That Ututo-e contains only free software is easy to verify. The
project maintains a set of links on its news page that list all the
packages included in platform-specific versions of the
distribution, and also highlights its licences…”

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