BOSS - Bharat Operating System Solutions

    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 upgraded from Entry level server to advanced server. It supports Intel and AMD x86/x86-64 architecture. BOSS GNU/Linux advanced server has unique features such as Web server, proxy server, Database server, Mail server, Network server, File and Print server, SMS server, LDAP server. BOSS GNU/Linux advanced server is comprised with administration tool such as webmin which is a web based interface, Gadmin, PHP myadmin,  PHP LDAP admin,  PG admin.
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.

BOSS CD pack:

OSS CD pack consists of 3 CDs. The Install CD which gives you a BOSS Desktop in your system, a Live CD which allows you to try BOSS without installing on the Hard Disk and without disturbing your existing OS and the Utility CD which has some of the extra packages like OpenOffice fonts, Apache web server, scripting languages etc.

1) INSTALL CD

To use the INSTALL CD, you need to have a minimum of 4.0 GB of Harddisk space, 512 MB of RAM and a CD-ROM drive. Insert the BOSS GNU/Linux install CD into the CD drive, restart your computer and boot from CD by editing the BIOS setup. The BOSS GNU/Linux splash image is displayed as the starting screen and the cursor blinks at the boot: prompt. Press Enter and follow the instructions. You can proceed with the default installation by clicking “Next” button or do custom installation.

2) LIVE CD

The BOSS GNU/Linux Live project aims to create BOSS Live CDs, DVDs and USBs  for all the releases of BOSS (and newer). BOSS Live is Linux CD based on Debian GNU/Linux. BOSS LIVE CD is a GNU/Linux distribution that boots and runs completely from CD. It includes recent linux software and desktop environments, with programs such as OpenOffice.org, The Gimp, Mozilla, Pidgin, Totem and hundreds of other quality open source programs. It also includes document converter, Presentation tool, 3D effects, bluetooth devices support and Input method for Indian Languages.

3) UTILITY CD

This CD consists of workstation related packages, like Apache webserver, egroupware collaboration tool, webmin – GUI for administrative tasks PHP, Mysql, Postgresql, Educational tools, Openoffice fonts and some other language fonts ,etc. You can find out the usage of the Utility CD and about these extra packages below. This BOSS Utility CD or Addon CD  contains the packages related to workstation.

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