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BOSS GNU/Linux


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC


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.

Average visitor rating: 9.6/10 from 5 review(s).


BOSS Summary
Distribution BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) GNU/Linux
Home Page https://bosslinux.in/
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  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 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
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Feature 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.2 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 1.0 Feature
Release Date 2022-02-23 2021-03-03 2018-08-28 2016-03-30 2013-12-23 2012-08-02 2008-09-04 2007-09-17 2007-02-23 2007-01-10 Release Date
End Of Life                     End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 2400-2500 3200-3300 2000-2100 1800-1900             Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop Cinnamon Cinnamon GNOME Cinnamon GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o* OO.o* OO.o* OO.o* OO.o* Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems                     Journaled File Systems
Multilingual en en en en en en en en en en Multilingual
Asian Language Support Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil 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 Asian Language Support
Full Package List 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.2 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 1.0 Full Package List
Package 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.2 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 1.0 Package
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.3 1.0.28 1.0.25 1.0.23 1.0.16 1.0.13 1.0.13 1.0.13 alsa-lib (1.2.14)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 19.1.0 18.1.99 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.1)                     apparmor (4.1.1)
apt (3.1.3) 2.2.4 1.8.2.2 1.4.8 1.0.9.8.1 0.9.7.9 0.8.6 0.7.11 0.6.46.4 0.6.46.2 0.6.46.2 apt (3.1.3)
bash (5.3) 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.11) -- -- -- -- -- 9.7.1-P2 -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.11)
chromium (138.0.7204.157) 98.0.4758.102 88.0.4324.182 68.0.3440.75 43.0.2357.65 27.0.1453.93 -- -- -- -- -- chromium (138.0.7204.157)
cinnamon (6.4.10) 4.8.6 3.8.8 -- 2.2.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.4.10)
cups (2.4.12) 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 1.7.5 1.6.3 1.4.4 1.3.5 1.2.11 1.2.4 1.2.4 cups (2.4.12)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.42.12 1.42.5 1.41.12 1.40.6 1.39 1.39 1.39 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (7.1.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (7.1.1)
firefox (140.0.4) 97.0.1 85.0.2 60.0.2 42.0 23.0 3.5.13 3.0rc2 2.0beta2 2.0beta2 1.5.0.7 firefox (140.0.4)
flatpak (1.16.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.1)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.5.2 2.4.9 2.4.2 2.3.5 2.2.1 2.2.1 2.2.1 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (15.1.0) 10.2.1 8.3.0 -- 4.9.2 4.7.2 4.4.5 4.2.2 4.1.2 4.1.1 4.1.1 gcc (15.1.0)
gimp (3.0.4) 2.10.22 2.8.18 2.8.18 2.8.14 2.8.2 2.6.10 2.4.4 2.2.15 2.2.13 2.2.13 gimp (3.0.4)
git (2.50.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.50.1)
glibc (2.41) 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.19 2.13 2.11.2 2.7 2.5 2.3.6 2.3.6 glibc (2.41)
gnome-shell (48.3) -- 3.30.2 3.22.3 3.14.4 3.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (48.3)
grub (2.12) 2.04 -- -- 2.02beta2 1.99 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.97 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.18.6) 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.14.5 3.4.2 2.20.1 2.12.5 2.10.12 2.8.20 2.8.20 gtk (4.18.6)
httpd (2.4.64) -- -- -- -- -- 2.2.16 -- 2.2.3 -- 2.2.3 httpd (2.4.64)
inkscape (1.4.2) -- -- -- -- -- 0.47.0 -- 0.45 0.44.1 0.44.1 inkscape (1.4.2)
kmod (34.2) 28 26 23 18 9 -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.11) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.11)
LibreOffice (25.2.5) 7.0.4 7.0.2 6.1.0 5.0.2 4.1.0 3.2.1* 2.2.1* 2.2.0* 2.0.1* 2.0.1* LibreOffice (25.2.5)
Package 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.2 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.1 1.0 Package
libselinux (3.9) 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1.9 2.0.96 2.0.59 2.0.15 1.32 1.32 libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.15.7) 5.10.92 5.10.13 4.9.88 3.16.7 3.10.5 2.6.32 2.6.22 2.6.21 2.6.17 2.6.17 linux (6.15.7)
mariadb (11.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.8.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.1.6) 20.3.5 18.3.6 13.0.6 10.4.2 8.0.5 -- 7.0.3rc2 6.5.2 6.5.1 6.5.1 mesa (25.1.6)
mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- 5.1.49 -- 5.0.41 -- 5.0.24a mysql (9.3.0)
nautilus (48.3) -- 3.30.5 3.22.3 3.14.1 3.4.2 2.30.1 2.20.0 2.18.1 2.14.3 2.14.3 nautilus (48.3)
NVIDIA (575.64.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (575.64.03)
openjdk (24.0.2) 11.0.13 11.0.9.1 8u171 7u91 7u3 6b18 -- -- -- -- openjdk (24.0.2)
openssh (10.0p1) -- -- 7.4p1 6.7p1 6.0p1 5.5p1 4.7p1 4.3p2 4.3p2 4.3p2 openssh (10.0p1)
openssl (3.5.1) 1.1.1k 1.1.1d 1.1.0f 1.0.1k 1.0.1e 0.9.8o 0.9.8g 0.9.8e 0.9.8c 0.9.8c openssl (3.5.1)
perl (5.42.0) 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.20.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.4.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.2.2 -- 4.4.4 php (8.4.10)
plasma-desktop (6.4.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.4.3)
postfix (3.10.3) -- 3.4.14 -- -- -- -- 2.4.6 -- -- -- postfix (3.10.3)
postgresql (17.5) -- -- -- -- -- 8.4.5 -- 8.1.9 -- 8.1.5 postgresql (17.5)
Python (3.13.5) 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.9 2.7.3 2.6.6 2.4.4 2.4.4 2.4.3 2.4.3 Python (3.13.5)
qt (6.9.1) 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 4.8.6 4.8.2 4.6.3 3.3.8b 3.3.7 3.3.7 3.3.7 qt (6.9.1)
samba (4.22.3) -- 4.9.5 4.5.12 4.1.17 3.6.18 3.5.6 3.0.28 3.0.25a 3.0.23c 3.0.23c samba (4.22.3)
systemd (257.7) 247.3 241 232 215 -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (257.7)
thunderbird (140.0.1) -- -- -- -- -- 3.0.7 1.5.0.13 1.5.0.7 1.5.0.7 -- thunderbird (140.0.1)
vim (9.1) 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.0 7.0 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) 3.0.16 3.0.12 3.0.3 2.2.0rc2 2.0.3 1.1.3 -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.24.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.18) 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.2 1.16.4 1.7.7 1.7.7 1.3.0.0 1.3.0.0 1.1.1 1.1.1 xorg-server (21.1.18)

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