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Bharat Operating System Solutions

Linux distribution

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ3519867
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Bharat Operating System Solutions GNU/Linux, also referred to as BOSS Linux, is an Indian Linux distribution based on Debian. The latest stable release is 10.0 (Pragya), which was released in March-2024.

Editions

BOSS Linux was released in various editions for different purposes:

BOSS Desktop: Designed for personal, home, and office use.

EduBOSS: Designed for schools and educational institutions.

BOSS Server: Server variant of BOSS GNU/Linux supports Intel and AMD architectures.

BOSS MOOL: A special edition for maintainability by changing how kernel drivers are loaded as modules.

Secure BOSS: A Secure Linux distribution with access control and security policies.

CDAC ERP: ERP is an application to automate the business processes.

History

BOSS Linux was developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing with the aim of promoting the adoption of free and open-source software throughout India. As a deliverable software of the National Resource Centre for Free and Open Source Software, it has a desktop environment that includes support for various Indian language and instructional software.

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