Bharat Operating System Solutions

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Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) is a Linux distribution developed by C-DAC(Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), scientific society of Government of India), for enhancing the use of Free/ Open Source Software throughout India. BOSS Linux - a key deliverable of NRCFOSS is an Indian GNU/Linux distribution & currently localized to Hindi / Tamil. Targeting Indian user it is designed as a user-friendly Desktop environment coupled with Indian language support and other packages that are highly relevant for use in the government domain.Subsequent version will support the educational domain as well. The ultimate goal is to localize into all 22 official Indian regional languages. So this benefits non-english speakers to reach technology that bridge digital divide in India.

The BOSS Linux project has given rise to an Indian distribution of GNU/Linux targeted at the government and first-time user. As BOSS Linux is localized and uses the Indian languages, it should result in getting more local people exposed to ICT and the Internet thereby helping to bridge the digital divide. The project is ongoing and the next release of the software is currently being worked on.^{[citation needed]} Further the repository for BOSS Linux will make it easier to build customized distros based on it as well as by application developers.^{[citation needed]}

For typing in hindi the /user/share/x11/xkb/symbols/in needs to be modified. An initial attempt has been made which works with keys and Shift+keys. Additional characters (like क़ ख़ ka and kha with dot under them) will need to appear by rightAlt+key and rightAlt+rightShift+kay respectively.