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 in India. 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. Subsequent versions will support the educational domain as well. A Linux distribution, often simply distribution or distro, is a member of the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems comprising the Linux kernel, the non-kernel parts of the GNU operating system, and assorted other software. ... Centre for Development of Advanced Computing - Mumbai (C-DAC - Mumbai, formerly known as National Centre for Software Technology) is a scientific society of the Department of Information Technology, Government of India. ... The Government of India (Hindi: à¤à¤¾à¤°à¤¤ सरà¤à¤¾à¤° [1]BhÄrat SarkÄr), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Alternative terms for free software. ... The article describes the languages spoken in the Republic of India. ...