Class Room PPTs

Fundamentals of Programming Languages-I

(Subject Code 110003)


Semester I
First Year Engineering
(University of Pune)








METs Institute of Engineering, Nashik 422 003

INTRODUCTION TO BOSS
Index
About Operating System/types
About Unix/Linux
Introduction to BOSS GNU/Linux
Overview
Components
Screenshot
Features
Commands


Features of Computer
Ability to perform the information processing cycle with
amazing speed.
Reliability ( low failure rate ).
Accuracy.
Ability to store huge amount of data and information.
Ability to communicate with other computers.

Components of Computer System
Input Device
CPU
Memory
Output Device
Storage Device
CPU
Memory
Output
device
Input
device
Storage
device
Open Source Operating Systems
Open Source
Software released with source code made available to
user to view, modify and again redistribute under
licensing terms.
Allows users :
To use free
Free to change
Free to distribute
Alternative to licenses software.
Open Source Software
Linux, Android, Mozilla, 3D Blender etc. (companies)
Eclipse, Open office, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python.
Open Source Operating Systems
Open Source Operating System
Software used to operate PC, made available to users,
Linux, Bharat Operating System.
Linux Kernel, component of Linux OS released 5
th
Oct.
1991 by Linus Torvald.
Operating System
The kernel is the main component of most computer
operating systems; it is a bridge between applications and the
actual data processing done at the hardware level.
A kernel can provide the lowest-level abstraction layer for the
resources that application software must control to perform its
function. It typically makes these facilities available to
application processes through inter-process communication
mechanisms and system calls.

Linux System Folders
/: The symbol / is used to represent the
root directory/folder. It is a container of the
file system of linux OS.
/boot: The information necessary for
booting of operating process is stored in
this directory, in other words Linux
Operating systems heart called Linux kernel
is located in /boot. The kernel file name is
vmlinuz
/etc: This folder contains configuration files.
For example, if you want to understand ,
what has stated automatically at the boot
process.

Linux System Folders
/bin and /usr/bin: These two folders hold lots
of programs (binaries, hence the name). The
/bin holds numbers of system program used
by the Kernel or Linux OS, eg. ls ; where as
/usr/bin contains applications of the systems
user.
/sbin and /usr/sbin: These folders holds
administrative commands and tools.
/usr: this is user folder and contains user
programs, libraries, documents related to the
respective user.

Linux Folders
(Homework)
/lib
/home
/root
/var
/tmp
/dev
/proc
/lost+found
/mnt: All devices needed to be
mounted.
Linux treats all devices as files. For
example, all storage devices like hard
disks, CD ROM etc are needed to be
associated with some directory before
accessing it. This process is called
mounting and the directory in /mnt
where the device is attached is the
mount point.

UNIX / LINUX
More Flexible can be installed on Main Frame,
Super Computer & Micro Computer.
More Stable and does not go down.
Greater built-in security & permission features.
Good processing power.
No purchase of new H/W or prerequisite S/W for
upgrades.
Reliable.
Large variety of Software programs, utilities,
games, etc.
Free and Open source OS.
BOSS
Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS)

is a free and open source computer operating system
developed by the National Resource Centre for Free/Open
Source Software (NRCFOSS) of India.

Linux distribution was developed by C-DAC for enhancing
the use of Free/Open Source Software in the country.

Made specifically for the Indian environment , it consists of
a pleasing Desktop environment coupled with Indian
language support and other packages that are most
relevant for use in the government domain.

A Linux Distribution forked from Debian.

The ultimate goal is to localize into all 22 official Indian
regional languages. So this benefits non-english speakers
to reach technology that bridge digital divide in India.
BOSS Overview
BOSS 1.0(tarang) released in January 2007
BOSS 2.0(anant) released in September 2008
BOSS 3.0(tejas) released in September 2009
Latest Version : BOSS 3.1(tejas) having Kernel 2.6.223486.
It consists of 3 sections:
Install -The Installable allows the user to install the BOSS GNU/Linux onto the
Hard disk and work on it.
Live- lets you to have the BOSS Desktop in your system without installing it on
your hard disk.
Utility- consists of add-on packages that can be installed in BOSS for some
specific applications like web server, education tools, open office language
packages etc.

Current development version is BOSS 4.O (savir) having kernel 142.6.323486.

BOSS educational version for students upto Class 10th named as EduBOSS
having kernel2.6.261686.

BOSS Advance server 1.0 having kernel 2.6.223486.

BOSS -4.0
MAIN Components
GNOME 2.30 version
is a desktop environment and graphical user interface
that runs on top of a computer operating system
Linux Kernel 2.6.323486
BharatheeyaaOO 3.2 with default java support
Hardware support-
Printer
Video card
Scanner
Camera
Wi-Fi and Lan card

Features of BOSS
User Friendly Graphical Installer
Indian version of OpenOffice BharatheeyaOO
3D Desktop
Auto Device Detection
Hardware support of digital cameras, printers,
scanners, bluetooth, WiFi.
Auto mounting of all HDD.
Migration tool Bulk Document converter
Internet tools Pidgin, Firefox 3.0, X-chat.
Multimedia Support
Kennel An Application to send SMS.


BOSS SCREENSHOT
BOSS Vs Commercial equivalents

BOSS Vs Commercial equivalents

Comparison of BOSS with other Linux Distribution

Comparison of BOSS with other Linux Distribution

Comparison of BOSS with other Linux Distribution

GUI Commands
BOSS GNU/Linux provides set of commands to manipulate linux file system, User
Access, managing hardware's, connecting to internet etc. Following are some of them
Navigating & searching the file system





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