<s>
Bharat	B-Application
Operating	I-Application
System	I-Application
Solutions	I-Application
(	O
BOSS	B-Application
GNU/Linux	I-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
Indian	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
derived	O
from	O
Debian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOSS	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
four	O
editions	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
BOSS	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Centre	O
for	O
Development	O
of	O
Advanced	O
Computing	O
(	O
C-DAC	O
)	O
to	O
enhance	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
and	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Source	I-Application
Software	I-Application
throughout	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
crucial	O
deliverable	O
of	O
the	O
National	O
Resource	O
Centre	O
for	O
Free	B-Application
and	I-Application
Open	I-Application
Source	I-Application
Software	I-Application
(	O
NRC-FOSS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOSS	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
has	O
been	O
certified	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
for	O
compliance	O
with	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
Standard	I-Application
Base	I-Application
(	O
LSB	O
)	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
Intel	O
and	O
AMD	O
IA-32/x86	O
-64	O
architecture	O
till	O
version	O
6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
version	O
7	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
shifted	O
to	O
x86-64	B-Device
architecture	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOSS	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
has	O
nine	O
major	O
releases	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
BOSS	O
5.0	O
supports	O
Linux	B-Application
Standard	I-Application
Base	I-Application
(	O
LSB	O
)	O
version	O
4.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
several	O
significant	O
updates	O
in	O
BOSS	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
6.0	O
(	O
Anoop	O
)	O
from	O
5.0	O
(	O
Anokha	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notable	O
changes	O
include	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
update	O
from	O
3.10	O
to	O
3.16	O
,	O
a	O
shift	O
for	O
system	B-Operating_System
boot	I-Operating_System
from	O
init	B-Operating_System
to	O
systemd	B-Application
,	O
the	O
full	O
support	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Language
Shell	I-Language
as	O
part	O
of	O
GNOME	B-Application
3.14	O
,	O
an	O
update	O
to	O
the	O
GRUB	B-Application
version	O
,	O
Iceweasel	B-Protocol
being	O
replaced	O
by	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Pidgin	B-Protocol
replacing	O
Empathy	B-Language
,	O
and	O
several	O
repository	O
versions	O
of	O
available	O
programs	O
being	O
updated	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BOSS	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
6.0	O
also	O
shipped	O
various	O
application	O
and	O
program	O
updates	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
,	O
X.Org	B-Operating_System
,	O
Evolution	B-Language
,	O
GIMP	B-Application
,	O
VLC	B-Application
media	I-Application
player	I-Application
,	O
GTK+	B-Application
,	O
GCC	B-Application
,	O
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Related	O
specifically	O
to	O
the	O
localization	O
support	O
,	O
language	O
support	O
got	O
even	O
better	O
with	O
the	O
replacement	O
of	O
SCIM	B-Language
with	O
IBus	B-Language
with	O
the	O
Integrated	O
System	O
Settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Now	O
Indic	O
languages	O
enabled	O
with	O
″Region	O
and	O
Languages″	O
are	O
directly	O
mapped	O
to	O
the	O
IBus	B-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
OnScreenKeyboard	O
layout	O
is	O
provided	O
for	O
all	O
layouts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
significant	O
change	O
over	O
previous	O
releases	O
is	O
that	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
x86	B-Operating_System
version	O
has	O
been	O
dropped	O
,	O
and	O
now	O
it	O
is	O
only	O
available	O
for	O
x86-64	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
noticeable	O
changes	O
include	O
a	O
linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
update	O
to	O
4.9.0	O
,	O
a	O
GNOME	B-Application
update	O
from	O
3.14	O
to	O
3.22	O
,	O
and	O
software	O
updates	O
to	O
various	O
applications	O
and	O
programs	O
with	O
wide	O
Indian	O
language	O
support	O
&	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Desktop	O
Environment	O
is	O
changed	O
from	O
GNOME	B-Application
to	O
Cinnamon	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
updated	O
from	O
5.2	O
to	O
5.10	O
.	O
</s>
