Reportaje de Fusión Asturias
Al iniciarse Asturix suena música de gaita. “El toque asturiano, not missing, "he jokes Luis Ivan Cuende. This young programmer, with only fourteen, is the creator of Asturix, a Linux-based operating system that aims to popularize free software for all users.
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"It's an operating system based on GNU Linux, which is a very common environment. Asturix try to be very easy to use, functional, safe and stable. Those are their main objectives. Especially easy, because Linux and GNU systems are inherently safe and fast, but the ease of use and functionality is something that is not abundant, and is what we are trying contribute from Asturix GNU Linux to extend to any user. So there are several versions: the Desktop, which is the easiest to handle, for basic users, the Business, designed for production environments or companies that focuses on stability, and the Lite, focusing on speed, for old computers, microportátiles ...
- How can someone so young gets into issues of programming?
"I started as a hobby, almost two years. So I was interested in computers, but not too much. But since I installed the first operating system based on GNU Linux began to grow my interest. I saw that I liked, that I was good and could be serious. I was pulling the project, then were joining other partners, and finally finished Asturix where, as one of the GNU Linux operating systems in Spain.
"There are several versions: the Desktop, which is the easiest to handle, for basic users. The Business, production-oriented environments or companies that focuses on stability, and the Lite, focusing on speed, for older computers, microportátiles ... "- How is the community Asturix?
"It's people who like the project and working voluntarily for Asturix. There are people in charge of advertising, another to communicate with other distributions, another document ... say that each has its function. So all join forces to take the project forward.
"Right now you are with Asturix 2, which is a transitional version of the third, with a hope to take the plunge.
"We have high expectations with version 3, more than anything because we are starting a series of projects now, like IWC, to make life easier for developers by making a single application to run on a variety of devices. Then there is CADI, a transmission control that allows the entire system configuration is in one application. And finally Asturix Store, which is an application store in which the developer up your application and all users can download and use. It is a web portal that is already open.
- What implementation is having this system?
"We have no reliable statistics on the number of users. Asturix is \u200b\u200ba free and open project and we do not control anyone. Although we do have an approximation of downloads and users, the media coverage we've had lately has risen greatly. Site visits of Asturix have increased 1,800% in the last month, and the three servers we have for download are overwhelmed ... is rising much.
"One of our goals was to spread free software in Asturias, and the name helps bring people to the product"
-Linux has with it a certain ideology: a free, facing the monopoly Microsoft's ... "Well, it is clear that Microsoft is doing is wrong, but I will not put a lot on this subject, which could spend hours talking about it. I believe that Linux is positioning itself as an operating system that can completely replace Windows, which can do even better. When I did Asturix ... well, you always have some that act of rebellion, of David versus Goliath, but that nothing was to bring people to the operating system. In Asturix are not extremists, we do not want people to use 100% free software, but it is used.
- What does bussiness version businesses to install it?
-First offers full compatibility with Windows. In case you do not want to be totally eliminated, Asturix proposes a very interesting option, which is integration with Windows. The two systems can be installed on the same computer, sharing everything. Asturix unfolds perfectly in Windows, which facilitates migration to any company that can move from a proprietary environment to an environment free within days. It is a process simple and in which there is no need to miss anything. Quite the opposite: the company will be best served, and will increase their productivity. So I think that companies should be very clear.
And a particular user installs Asturix, what is it?
"That is easy. In principle, the interface is a bit different, but I think it's even better than Windows can. Even if a user does not feel comfortable with that, Asturix 2 incorporated in Windows mode, which emulates the interface completely. Migration is easy, people we never complained of the ease of use, on the contrary, and in the forums, the truth is that there are good views.
- What mean that there is an operating system "made in Asturias?
"It's one of our goals was to spread free software in Asturias, and the name helps bring people to the product. It is important to help its expansion in the population from Asturias, which right now does not have much knowledge regarding free software. In another
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