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. BOSSGNU/Linux - a key deliverable of NRCFOSS has upgraded from Entry level server to advanced server. It supports Intel and AMD x86/x86-64 architecture. BOSS GNU/Linux advanced server has unique features such as Web server, proxy server, Database server, Mail server, Network server, File and Print server, SMS server, LDAP server. BOSS GNU/Linux advanced server is comprised with administration tool such as webmin which is a web based interface, Gadmin, PHP myadmin, PHP LDAP admin, PG admin.

BOSS GNU/Linux Version 3.0 is coupled with GNOME and KDE Desktop Environment with wide Indian language support & packages, relevant for use in the Government domain. Currently BOSS GNU/Linux Desktop is available in almost all the 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 to be exposed to ICT and to use the computer more effectively.

The accessibility of BOSS Linux will have a constructive impact on the digital divide in India as more people can now have access to software in their local language to use the Internet and other information and communications technology (ICT) facilities. Community Information centers (CIC’s) and internet cafes will also benefit from BOSS GNU/Linux as this software can be utilized to power these outlets and is affordable and easy to install, use and support.

Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux.

Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 25113 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

This document explains what a Debian repository is and how you can set up one.

This document intends to provide the user with a good understanding of the workings of the Debian package management utility, APT. Its goal is to make life easier for new Debian users and to help those who wish to deepen their understanding of the administration of this system. It was created for the Debian project in order to help improve the support available for users of this distribution.

This is a complete list of mirrors of Debian. For each site, the different types of material available are listed, along with the access method for each type.

The deepOfix Mail Server (Version 3.1) is a brand new release of our popular GNU/Linux server operating system. Delivering more than 35 new features and unprecedented ease of use, deepOfix is a Free Software product and is backed by a multi-tier support system.

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join.

Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. Extreme configurability, performance and a top-notch user and developer community are all hallmarks of the Gentoo experience. Thanks to a technology called Portage, Gentoo can become an ideal secure server, development workstation, professional desktop, gaming system, embedded solution or something else -- whatever you need it to be. Because of its near-unlimited adaptability, we call Gentoo a metadistribution. Of course, Gentoo is more than just the software it provides. It is a community built around a distribution which is driven by more than 300 developers and thousands of users. The distribution project provides the means for the users to enjoy Gentoo: documentation, infrastructure (mailinglists, site, forums ...), release engineering, software porting, quality assurance, security followup, hardening and more. To advise on and help with Gentoo's global development, a 7-member council is elected on a yearly basis which decides on global issues, policies and advancements in the Gentoo project.

Linux Mint's purpose is to produce an elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution.

Mandriva is one of the few worldwide Linux providers. It develops and distributes Linux distributions: Mandriva One, the light, easy to use and safe free distro, Mandriva Free, the pure GPL free Linux distro, Mandriva Powerpack, the complete and customizable distro for the power user and Mandriva Flash, the mobile desktop USB key. Free products are available for download from the Mandriva site. Commercial products are available through Mandriva's electronic store, in retail stores and through partners worldwide. The company provides a number of electronic services through its web site. It evaluates its number of users to a few millions.

openSUSE is a free and Linux-based operating system for your PC, Laptop or Server. You can surf the web, manage your e-mails and photos, do office work, play videos or music and have a lot of fun!

PCLinuxOS was founded in October 2003. The flagship product, the PCLinux operating system, is a free, easy-to-use Linux-based operating system for the home. PCLinuxOS was founded by Texstar, and is headquartered in Houston, Tx.

PCLinuxOS is distributed as a LiveCD, and can also be installed to a local hard drive. LiveCD mode lets you try it without making any changes to your computer. If you like it, you can install it to your hard drive. Locally installed versions of PCLinuxOS utilize the Advanced Packaging Tool (or APT), a package management system (originally from the Debian distribution), together with Synaptic, a GUI frontend to APT.

PCLinuxOS has a script called mklivecd, which allows the user to take a 'snapshot' of their current hard drive installation (all settings, applications, documents, etc.) and compress it into an ISO CD/DVD image. This allows easy backup of a user's data and also makes it easy to create your own custom live CD/DVD.

These are extraordinary goals, yet Puppy comes close to achieving them all. The fundamental reason is that Puppy has been built from scratch, file-by-file, and is not based on any other Linux distribution. One of the most amazing features of Puppy is the range of powerful applications yet such tiny size ...and the speed.

Puppy really is small, the live-CD typically being 85MB, yet there really is a complete set of GUI applications. Being so small, Puppy usually loads completely into RAM, which accounts for the incredible speed.

The world's leading open source application platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers your choice of:

* Applications - Thousands of certified ISV applications
* Deployment - Including standalone or virtual servers, cloud computing, or software appliances
* Hardware - Wide range of platforms from the world's leading hardware vendors

This gives IT departments unprecedented levels of operational flexibility. And it gives ISVs unprecedented market reach when delivering applications. Certify once, deploy anywhere. All while providing world-class performance, security, and stability. And unbeatable value.

The Official Release of Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table.

Originally developed by Linus Torvalds in 1991, the UNIX®-like Linux operating system now benefits from the contributions of millions of users and developers around the world. Slackware Linux provides new and experienced users alike with a fully-featured system, equipped to serve in any capacity from desktop workstation to machine-room server. Web, ftp, and email servers are ready to go out of the box, as are a wide selection of popular desktop environments. A full range of development tools, editors, and current libraries is included for users who wish to develop or compile additional software.

Ubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need - a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

DeepRoot Linux is a seven year old GNU/Linux and Free Software company based in Bangalore. They develop Free Software products that are quick-to-deploy and easy-to-use.

Open Source Development is an ISO 9001:2000 certified leading open source web development company headquartered in the National Capital Region (NCR) of India. We have been in business since the beginning of 2000 and since then have helped our global clientele, ranging from established companies to startup ventures, suppliers corporates, NGOs, government organizations etc in India, UK, Japan, US, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, Africa etc, in realizing their IT solution requirements.

This is the group to discuss any idea, solution, questions related to GNU/Linux free of cost, managed by Electromech - Nilesh Vaghela, Nirmal Pathak, Alok Thaker, Mr. Hardik Dalwadi. To participate, send mail to VGLUG@googlegroups.com.

Linux lovers from Gujarat distributed across entire world. Even if you are not spread cheese or samosa from Gujarat - come, join, share and contribute to universe's best OS - Linux!

As Java technology becomes more and more pervasive in the enterprise and telecommunications (telco) industry, understanding the behavior of the garbage collector becomes more important. Typically, telco applications are near-real-time applications. Delays measured in milliseconds are not usually a problem, but delays of hundreds of milliseconds, let alone seconds, can spell trouble for applications of this kind -- applications compromise on throughput to provide near-real-time performance. Enterprise applications are transaction oriented and tolerate delays better. They need to crunch as many transactions as possible in the shortest time i.e., the more compute time and resources available, the better. This means, faster and multiple CPUs, lots of memory, increases performance. A garbage collector that can make use of the extra resources, enhances performance.

Garbage collection limitations, which affected the performance of telco and enterprise applications is in the process of being eliminated with the introduction of new parallel and concurrent collectors. The collectors can be used to reduce delays to milliseconds for telco applications -- SIP servers, Call Processing applications --, while increasing throughput by providing more compute time to enterprise applications -- J2EE, OSS/BSS, MOM type of applications.

Analytical and modeling suggestions are presented along with features available in J2SE 1.4.1. A new tool, GC Analyzer, is available to model application behavior and try out the performance tuning suggestions.

The Java Tutorials are practical guides for programmers who want to use the Java programming language to create applications. They include hundreds of complete, working examples, and dozens of lessons. Groups of related lessons are organized into "trails".

Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems. Vim is distributed free as charityware. If you find Vim a useful addition to your life

This is the Vim cookbook page. It contains short recipes for doing many simple and not so simple things in Vim. You should already know the basics of Vim, however each command is explained in detail.

Each set of instructions is a complete package. Feel free to pick and choose what you need.

Improve your vi editor using syntax, color highlighting, number of character per line and so on.......
Check the given example (click on .vimrc Example) menu.

This "vi" tutorial is intended for those who wish to master and advance their skills beyond the basic features of the basic editor. It covers buffers, "vi" command line instructions, interfacing with UNIX commands, and ctags. The vim editor is an enhanced version of vi. The improvements are clearly noticed in the handling of tags.

JavaScript buttons can give nice effects to your web page. If done properly, JavaScript buttons give very impressive look and feel. This article shows you the creation of a JavaScript button in simple steps.

Provide JavaScript examples such menu, calendars, window, frames, form effect, dynamic contact, ans so on.

JavaScript Archive Network is a comprehensive resource for Open Source JavaScript libraries and software

The Dojo Core

Ajax, events, packaging, CSS-based querying, animations, JSON, language utilities, and a lot more.

Query UI provides abstractions for low-level interaction and animation, advanced effects and high-level, themeable widgets, built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library, that you can use to build highly interactive web applications.

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.

Flowplayer is an Open Source (GPL 3) video player for the Web. Use it to embed video streams into your web pages.

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Flash technology insures that 98% of all Internet users can see your videos. Highly skinnable. No other software makes it easier.