Monday, 5 September 2011

Boss - Indian Operating System

We, Indians, are using personal computers since last 25 years. But in these 25 years we are using imported operating systems like Microsoft Windows, Apple, Mac.

But now you can have an operating system which is totally Indian.

BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) GNU/Linux distribution developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) derived from Debian for enhancing the use of Free/ Open Source Software throughout India. BOSSGNU/Linux - a key deliverable of NRCFOSS has crossed another milestone by releasing version 3.0. BOSS GNU/Linux Version 3.0 is coupled with GNOME and KDE Desktop Environment with wide Indian language support & packages, relevant for use in the Government domain. Currently BOSS GNU/Linux Desktop is available in almost all the Indian Languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Bodo, Urdu, Kashmiri, Maithili, Konkani, Manipuri , which will enable the mainly non-English literate users in the country to be exposed to ICT and to use the computer more effectively.


The accessibility of BOSS Linux will have a constructive impact on the digital device in India as more people can now have access to software in their local language to use the Internet and other information and communications technology (ICT) facilities. Community Information centers (CIC’s) and internet cafes will also benefit from BOSS GNU/Linux as this software can be utilized to power these outlets and is affordable and easy to install, use and support.

Four states viz. Tamilnadu, Kerala, Bihar and Chhattisgadh have decided to cover e-governance system with BOSS.

Information to download the software is available at BossLinux.in

Without installing it on hard disk, can be used from DVD.

It is useful only when every Indian use this software.

Bharat Operating System Solutions
BOSS screenshot 1.jpg
BOSS 4.0 (Savir)
Company / developer NRCFOSS / CDAC, India
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Free and open source software
Initial release January 10, 2007 (2007-01-10)
Latest stable release 4.0 / February 26, 2011
Marketing target General purpose
Available language(s) Multilingual (more than 18)
Package manager dpkg
Supported platforms i386, AMD64[1]
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Userland GNU
Default user interface GNOME and KDE[clarification needed]
License GNU GPL and various others
Official website www.bosslinux.in

BOSS GNU/Linux has had five major releases till February 2011.
Version Code name Kernel number Desktop Date of release
BOSS GNU/LinuxEvaluation Sethu 2.6.14-2-smp GNOME 2.8
BOSS GNU/Linux v1.0 Tarang 2.6.17-1-i386 GNOME 2.14
BOSS GNU/Linux v2.0 Anant 2.6.21-1-486 GNOME 2.18
BOSS GNU/Linux Server
2.6.21
Jan 2008
BOSS GNU/Linux v3.0 Tejas 2.6.22-3-486 GNOME 2.20 and KDE 3.5 Sep 2008
BOSS GNU/Linux v4.0 Savir 2.6.32-5-686 GNOME 2.30.2 and KDE 4.4.5 Feb 2011

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