Keeping up with the digital revolution taking place across the globe and the very native Digital India campaign intertwined with Make in India, Indian Government has developed a highly improvised and secured version of BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions), an OS whose exclusivity shall be enjoyed only by the government. It’s free and is intended to function as an open source alternative to other software.
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But, with the development of this new OS India can take care of such matters because of its good protection for the individual computers as well as the networking.
Indian Government will soon have its very own, home-grown operating system for official purposes.
It is mainly develop to stop the cyber attacks in recent times and also try to reduce the dependence on other operating software like Windows.
The current version of BOSS is an update over its 2007-predecessor, that lacked user-friendly features and speedier upgrades. The newest model of BOSS was launched in 2013, after that it’s stated to have undergone many modifications to match the method.
“We have no dearth of developers here”. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), etc. were involved in the development of new OS.
The new OS is believed to have been launched to overcome the vulnerabilities that exist in authorities our on-line world leading to quite a few numerous assaults by hackers.
The latest version of BOSS will be having an on-screen keyboard, which will support all major languages of India.
While it will initially be installed on all official government systems, it is hoped that with the new features and widespread Indian languages support, consumers will also begin to replace their Windows software with BOSS. C-DAC has included some other features like Unicode 7, Ocra Screen Reader, E-speak and Magnifier, these additional features are added for visually damaged people so that they can effectively use the system.
BOSS OS uses the Linux distribution, which is an “LBS Certified”.
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There is one more version of BOSS named EduBoss which is designed exclusively for students and teachers, built with education applications which will help the students from Primary to Higher levels.
