BOSS Linux

BOSS (Bharat Operating System Solutions) GNU/Linux distribution developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) derived from Debian for enhancing the use of Free/ Open Source Software throughout India. BOSS GNU/Linux Version 5.0 is coupled with GNOME Desktop Environment with wide Indian language support & packages, relevant for use in the Government domain.

Currently BOSS GNU/Linux Desktop is available in all the Official Indian Languages such as Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Bodo, Urdu, Kashmiri, Maithili, Konkani, Manipuri which will enable the mainly non-English literate users in the country.

Exclusively created for CDAC by the Spoken Tutorial Project, IIT Bombay

Basic Level

1. BOSS Linux Desktop
   • Boss Linux Desktop
   • Main Menu
   • System Tray
   • Trash Bin icon (RHS corner)
   • Desktop icon (LHS corner), pen-drive
2. Synaptic Pakage Manager
   • Synaptic Package Manager
   • How to install packages
3. Basic Commands    
   • Commands with example
   • Command interpreter
   • Shell
   • Using man
   • Apropos
   • Whatis
   • Using --help option
4. General Purpose Utilities in Linux    
   • echo
   • uname
   • who
   • passwd
   • date
   • cal
   • Brief overview on Files and directories
   • pwd
   • ls
   • cat
5. File System    
   • File
   • Directory
   • File Inode
   • Types of Files
   • Home directory and Current directory
   • Change Directory(cd)
   • mkdir,rmdir
6. Working with Regular Files    
   • cat
   • rm
   • cp
   • mv
   • cmp
   • wc
7. File Attributes    
   • chown, chmod, chmod -R, displaying files with ls -l
   • chmod u+, chmod a-w, chmod g+w, chmod -r, chgrp
   • inode, hard link, symbolic link
8. Redirection Pipes    
   • Input,output and error stream
   • Redirection : > and >>
   • Pipes : |
9. Working with Linux Process    
   • Process
   • Shell process
   • Process spawning - parent and child process
   • Process attributes - pid, ppid
   • Init Process
   • User process & System process
   • ps with options
10. The Linux Environment    
    • Environment variable vs Local variables
    • set command
    • env command
    • SHELL, HOME, PATH, LOGNAME, PS1, PS2
    • history
    •  ! and ~
    • alias
11. Basics of System Administration    
    • Root login-su
    • User management - UID, GID, useradd, usermod, userdel
    • Discs – Du, df
12. Simple filters    
    • Head
    • tail
    • sort
    • cut
    • paste

Contributors and Content Editors

Nancyvarkey, PoojaMoolya