Introduction

BOSS(Bharat Operating System Solutions) is a Linux distribution developed by C-DAC for enhancing the use of Free / Open Source Software in the country. Made specifically for the Indian environment , it consists of a pleasing Desktop environment coupled with Indian language support and other packages that are most relevant for use in the government domain. Subsequent versions will support the educational domain as well.

Features

• The Graphical Installer
• Faster system startup and login
• User friendly GNOME Desktop
• Simplified menu organization
• Easy access to power management settings with GNOME Power Manager
• Improved support for video playback
• 3D Desktop
• BharatheeyaaOO (Localised OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 – currently in Tamil and Hindi)
• Enhanced Removable Media Support
• Liferea – RSS/RDF Reader
• Plug & Play of the devices with Graphical Front-End
• Multimedia support - Totem, Xmms
• TV Tuner Support
• Bluetooth Support
• Optional Network Manager for convenient roaming between different wireless and wired networks
• Migration Tool - Bulk Document converter
• Presentation Tool - keyjnote
• Menu Editor - Alacarte
• Evolution Mail Client
• Best of available internet tools – Firefox, Gaim, Xchat
• Input Method - SCIM with Remington Keyboard Layout for Tamil, Hindi, Punjabi,and Marati
• CD/DVD Burning tool - bonfire
• Dual Boot Facility
• Automount of existing Hard Disk partitions

The Ultimate Mission -

Our ultimate goal is to localise it into all 22 official Indian languages so that Information Technology can reach even the non-English speaking masses who are denied its benefits today.