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They have their own distro https://bosslinux.in
Boss Linux is based on Debian. I don't think there much difference between the two.
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Is that sentence offensive somehow? Why the down vote?
Governments around the world aren't rushing to adopt open source. As far as governments, they're an early adopter. So, it shouldn't rate a snarky comment.
The bigger question is Should the State be making an Operating System? Choosing Linux is entirely different question and can be made successful with abundance of spending on retraining.
They just jump on that desktop and go.
The bigger question is Should the State be making an Operating System? Choosing Linux is entirely different question and can be made successful with abundance of spending on retraining.
What retraining? I have several clients, computer illiterate old ladies, who use Ubuntu and Debian just fine. No retraining required. They just jump on that desktop and go.
The bigger question is Should the State be making an Operating System? Choosing Linux is entirely different question and can be made successful with abundance of spending on retraining.
What retraining? I have several clients, computer illiterate old ladies, who use Ubuntu and Debian just fine. No retraining required. They just jump on that desktop and go.
Like if they can't read the tiny font in the file menu. Then they google it, and discover they need to "sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool." Then they manage to actually find a terminal window and run the command, and install the tool, and turn up every available font rendering option, and it still doesn't solve their problem.
That is just one real world example. Linux is an operating system used and built primarily by people who are willing to put up with a little bit of crap to get 99% of what they want, and live with the rest. Imagine if Windows or OSX required you to open a terminal and install a third party lib to increase your font size. People would call them insane.
Just to be clear: I use a linux desktop every day. I love it and it would require a substantial increase in compensation for me to switch back to a Windows machine. But saying that computer illiterate/naive workforce can switch operating systems with no retraining costs is demonstrably false.
1. Where is the source for Boss Linux. It's based on Debian, but couldn't find the link to view the source. It's all nice to talk about embracing open source, but shouldn't CDAC also publish the source for Boss Linux?
2. What is the update mechanism? How frequently will this distro be updated?