It has been over two decades since personal computers found their place in the Indian markets. All the time, the system and application softwares used by us had not been Indian softwares anyway. But now, a "desi" operating system is going to hit the Indian market.
BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) is the new venture of C-DAC Chennai. The new GNU/Linux is an opensource software ( as linux always had been before. The desktop version 3.0 is said to support 18 indian languages. Moreover, it has other good features like 3-D desktop, bluetooth compatibility, a PDF reader and other application softwares in all Indain languages.
If you want to give it a try, you can download it at:
http://www.bosslinux.in/
You may also get a free DVD copy if you order the OS at any of the CDAC-BOSS support centres in Kolkata, Mumbai,Thiruvananthapuram, Pune, Hydrabad, Mumbai, Delhi etc. Contact address is given at the website.
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