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Indian State Has Solution to End of Win XP Support

posted by janrinok on Monday March 24 2014, @02:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the linux-is-the-boss dept.

prospectacle writes about another possible shift from Win XP to Linux:

"With Microsoft ceasing to support Windows XP, the Tamil Nadu state government has advised its departments to switch to Bharat Operating System Solutions, also known as BOSS Linux.

BOSS Linux is developed by India's "National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software", which is financed by their Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. BOSS supports national languages including Bengali, Telugu, and Tamil.

Why would you develop your own entire operating system when you can just buy the newest version from Microsoft?"

 
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  • (Score: 2) by marcello_dl on Monday March 24 2014, @03:49PM

    by marcello_dl (2685) on Monday March 24 2014, @03:49PM (#20474)

    Yes, debian has already an infrastructure for custom installation, and one for livecd. Quickstart with the custom live images [live-systems.org] that can deliver localized collections of packages into a isohybrid image ready for optical disks or usb keys or a netboot one.

    In fact given the problem of migrating off of XP as a home user, I'd just boot from a live debian to do interwebz stuff that require an updated system, and keep all old apps offline on the old XP partition. And learn to do everything with FOSS multiplatform software, and try putting GNU userland everywhere, instead of dealing with half assed android apps that can't even http PUT files reliably or walled gardens.

    Another customized online builder is by porteus [porteus.org].

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25 2014, @12:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 25 2014, @12:24AM (#20783)

    debian

    I don't hang out at the Debian site, so I don't know if it's the same there...

    has already an infrastructure for custom installation, and one for livecd

    ...but at the forum for antiX (pronounced "Antiques"), a hot topic lately is persistence which takes live media a step further.
    Imagine finishing your computing for the day and putting your OS in your pocket (on a thumbdrive) with everything you have done stored on that.
    Imagine being able to pick up where you left off at ANY machine (where boot precedence isn't locked down) using your favorite distro, all your tweaks, and all your apps.

    Doing that with EULAware? I don't think so.

    -- gewg_