Bharat operating system solutions(BOSS)

Finally a Indian operating system supporting number of indian languages released by C-DACon september 4th 08.Boss is a linux distribution for the desktop with some pregiven packages and support from the Boss team.Current version is BOSS 3.0 developed by NRCFOSS .

                                                           BOSS version 3.0 is coupled with GNOME and KDE Desktop Environment with wide  Indian language support & packages that are relevant for use in the government domain. The software is also endowed with Bluetooth for short range of communications along with salient features like RSS Feed Reader and PDF Viewer to edit documents.

                                                                    An alliance is signed between NIC(national informatics center) and C-DAC with the scope of implementing os in e-governance appliactions maintained by NIC.BOSS is exactly suitable for government user initially with simple tasks like office applications and internet and multilingual support.

                                                                       The accessibility of BOSS Linux will have a constructive impact on the digital divide 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 centres (CIC’s) and Internet cafes will also benefit from BOSS Linux as this software can be utilized to power these outlets and it is affordable and easy to install, use and support.

                                                                         It is a Govt. of India's initiative towards equipping common people with the benefits of computer technology as a free & opensource operating system. Currently BOSS can process 9 Indian languages- Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, and Telugu in various text editors such as gedit, Open-Office, Yudit, Thunderbird Mail client. To avail this Indian Produst to all Indians, CDAC organised support centres in variuos states and conducts several trainings/workshops.

primarily two versions are available 

1)Desktop Features :

• GIMP - High-End Image Editor

• Localized in 18 indian languages

• PDF Viewer – It allows to Edit the document

• RSS Feed Reader – Used in websites to retrieve all the information in that website and displays in Human Readable format.

• Firewall

• Firefox 3.0 Web Browser Application

• Instant Messenger

• Bluetooth for short range communication

• Desktop sharing and Remote Desktop Connection

• CD and DVD Burning tool

• Package Manager- To add any package that is not installed in the computer. To update and Delete an existing Package.

• Provides Support for Printers, Digi / Web Cameras, Scanner

  
  

  
  

  The second version includes

  BOSS Linux Advanced Server Version 1.0

  BOSS Server Features

   

  • User Friendly GUI Front end

  • Supports Intel and AMD x86/x86-64 Architectures

  • Remotely Controlled Server

  • Interoperability with Proprietary OS using Samba

  • Interoperability with UNIX using Samba and NFS

  • Supports Printers and USB Devices

  • Package manageability using dpkg, apt-get, Synaptic package manager

   

  Includes

  • Kernel 2.6.22

  • virtualization Xen Server

  • Apache web server

  • Squid Proxy Server

  • Data Base Server My SQL & Postgre SQL

  • Mail Server (Postfix)

  • Network Server

  • FTP server

  • LDAP Server

  • LTSP Support

  • Administrator Tools

    
    

    The BOSS CD's are available at all the CDAC Centres in India. The following are the addresses to contact in related states. By contacting the below addresses of your near by CDAC Centre, the BOSS CD can be obtained by hand or by courier.
    

    http://bosslinux.in/get-boss-cd/   click here to find the list of centres
    

    
    

    some of the useful urls related to boss

    bosslinux.in/demo/screenshots/boss-look

    http://www.cdachyd.in/boss.shtml
    

    http://nrcfoss.org.in/