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DistroWatch.com: BOSS GNU/Linux

BOSS GNU/Linux

Last Update: Friday 18 January 2013 06:41 GMT


BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) GNU/Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution developed by C-DAC for enhancing the use of free and open source software in India. Made specifically for the Indian environment, it consists of a pleasing desktop environment coupled with support for several Indian languages (Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil) and other packages that are most relevant for use in the government domain.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 233 (27), 6 months: 226 (30), 3 months: 222 (36), 4 weeks: 208 (48), 1 week: 179 (56)


BOSS Summary
Distribution BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) GNU/Linux
Home Page http://bosslinux.in/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums --
Documentation http://bossmirror.in/documentation
Screenshots Screenshot Directory
Download Mirrors http://bossmirror.in/downloads
Bug Tracker --
Related Websites NRCFOSS
Reviews 1.x: Linux.comBlogspot
Where To Buy OSDisc.com (sponsored link)

Recent Related News
 • 2008-09-06: Distribution Release: BOSS GNU/Linux 3.0
 • 2007-09-20: Distribution Release: BOSS GNU/Linux 2.0
 • 2007-02-23: Distribution Release: BOSS GNU/Linux 1.1

 • More BOSS news...
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Table Notes and Explanations
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the "nautilus" and "gnome-shell" packages. The Apache web server is listed as "httpd" and the Linux kernel is listed as "linux". The KDE desktop is represented by the "kdelibs" package and the Xfce desktop by the "xfdesktop" package.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 1.0
Release Date 2012/08/02 2008/09/04 2007/09/17 2007/02/23 2007/01/10
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free
CDs 1 DVD 1 DVD 2 2 2
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Office Suite OO.o* OO.o* OO.o* OO.o* OO.o*
Processor Architecture i386 i386 i386 i386 i386
Journaled File Systems          
Multilingual en en en en en
Asian Language Support Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil
Package 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 1.0
abiword (2.8.6) -- -- -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.27) 1.0.23 1.0.16 1.0.13 1.0.13 1.0.13
ati-driver (12.104) -- -- -- -- --
bash (4.2) 4.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1
bind (9.9.2-P2) 9.7.1-P2 -- -- -- --
chromium (r197479) -- -- -- -- --
cups (1.6.2) 1.4.4 1.3.5 1.2.11 1.2.4 1.2.4
dhcp (4.2.5-P1) 4.1.1-P1 3.1.0 3.0.4 2.0pl5 2.0pl5
firefox (21.0) 3.5.13 3.0rc2 2.0beta2 2.0beta2 1.5.0.7
freetype (2.4.12) 2.4.2 2.3.5 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1
gcc (4.8.0) 4.4.5 4.2.2 4.1.2 4.1.1 4.1.1
gimp (2.8.4) 2.6.10 2.4.4 2.2.15 2.2.13 2.2.13
glibc (2.17) 2.11.2 2.7 2.5 2.3.6 2.3.6
gnome-shell (3.8.2) -- -- -- -- --
gnucash (2.4.13) -- -- -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.2) -- -- -- -- --
grub (2.00) 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97
gtk+ (3.8.2) 2.20.1 2.12.5 2.10.12 2.8.20 2.8.20
httpd (2.4.4) 2.2.16 -- 2.2.3 -- 2.2.3
inkscape (0.48.4) 0.47.0 -- 0.45 0.44.1 0.44.1
k3b (2.0.2) 2.0.0 1.0.4 1.0.1 -- 0.12.17
kdelibs (4.10.3) -- 3.5.8 -- -- --
kmod (13) -- -- -- -- --
libgnome (2.32.1) 2.30.0 2.20.1.1 2.18.0 2.14.1 2.14.1
libreoffice (4.0.3) 3.2.1* 2.2.1* 2.2.0* 2.0.1* 2.0.1*
linux (3.9.3) 2.6.32 2.6.22 2.6.21 2.6.17 2.6.17
Package 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 1.0
lxde-common (0.5.5) -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.6.1) -- -- -- -- --
MesaLib (9.1.2) -- 7.0.3rc2 6.5.2 6.5.1 6.5.1
mysql (5.6.11) 5.1.49 -- 5.0.41 -- 5.0.24a
nautilus (3.8.1) 2.30.1 2.20.0 2.18.1 2.14.3 2.14.3
NVIDIA (319.17) -- -- -- -- --
openbox (3.5.0) -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (7u6) 6b18 -- -- -- --
openssh (6.2p2) 5.5p1 4.7p1 4.3p2 4.3p2 4.3p2
openssl (1.0.1e) 0.9.8o 0.9.8g 0.9.8e 0.9.8c 0.9.8c
perl (5.18.0) 5.10.1 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8
php (5.4.15) -- -- 5.2.2 -- 4.4.4
postfix (2.10.0) -- 2.4.6 -- -- --
postgresql (9.2.4) 8.4.5 -- 8.1.9 -- 8.1.5
Python (3.3.2) 2.6.6 2.4.4 2.4.4 2.4.3 2.4.3
qt (5.0.2) 4.6.3 3.3.8b 3.3.7 3.3.7 3.3.7
samba (4.0.5) 3.5.6 3.0.28 3.0.25a 3.0.23c 3.0.23c
systemd (204) -- -- -- -- --
thunderbird (17.0.6) 3.0.7 1.5.0.13 1.5.0.7 1.5.0.7 --
udev (182) 163 114 105 100 100
vim (7.3) 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0
vlc (2.0.6) 1.1.3 -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.10.2) -- -- -- -- --
xine-lib (1.2.2) 1.1.19 1.1.10.1 -- -- --
xorg-server (1.14.1) 1.7.7 1.3.0.0 1.3.0.0 1.1.1 1.1.1
xz (5.0.4) 4.999.9 -- -- -- --


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