BOSS 2.0

BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) GNU/Linux is a Linux distribution developed by C-DAC for enhancing the use of free and open source software in India. BOSS Linux was 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.
Main features:
- The Graphical mode 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
- LiveCD
- Utility CD