Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Arun SAG
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Srinivasan Sundararajan srini.it@ gmail.com wrote: As part of NRCFOSS project CDAC Chennai had brought out Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) Does BOSS has a mailing list? The links at http://bosslinux.in/join-us/cdac/join-us/boss-suport are not

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread satyaakam goswami
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Arun SAG saga...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Srinivasan Sundararajan srini.it@ gmail.com wrote: As part of NRCFOSS project CDAC Chennai had brought out Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS) Does BOSS has a mailing list?

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Arun SAG saga...@gmail.com wrote: Does BOSS has a mailing list? The links at http://bosslinux.in/join-us/cdac/join-us/boss-suport are not working. thanks for pointing out the missing links. since some revamp work is on, some of the links are unavailable

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:35 PM, satyaakam goswami satyaa...@gmail.comwrote: and this link too https://portal.otc.nic.in/ -Satya satya: could you indicate the menu/path thru which you got to this link? thanks, srinivasan. ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, Just curious, Does boss source is open?... i mean , is the source code is available in any hosted repos?. if so, can any one point me the url. Last year there was a discussion on the seeking source of boss at ilug-delhi. read more:

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
2010/8/16 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com Hi, Just curious, Does boss source is open?... i mean , is the source code is available in any hosted repos?. if so, can any one point me the url. Last year there was a discussion on the seeking source of boss at ilug-delhi. read

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, Thanks Shrinivasan Soundarajan, Can any one tell me how to find the repo source tree in boss and its build scripts in it . How to download this distro and build it from scratch?.. regards, Thyagarajan Shanmugham ___ ILUGC Mailing List:

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread satyaakam goswami
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Srinivasan Sundararajan srini...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:35 PM, satyaakam goswami satyaa...@gmail.com wrote: and this link too https://portal.otc.nic.in/ -Satya satya: could you indicate the menu/path thru which you got to

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Ma Sivakumar
2010/8/16 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com: Can any one tell me how to find the repo source tree  in boss and its build scripts in it . How to download this distro and build it from scratch?.. Hi Thyagarajan, As Dr Srinivasan wrote in his summary, access to source code of BOSS

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, The simple answer to your query is not available right now. Hope that with more interaction by BOSS team members (who are in this mailing list) and efforts towards sharing the work, these issues will be resolved soon. Sorry if I am blunt, is it means that it is not an open source software

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 16:01 +0530, Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் wrote: The simple answer to your query is not available right now. Hope that with more interaction by BOSS team members (who are in this mailing list) and efforts towards sharing the work, these issues will be resolved soon. Sorry

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, depends on your definition of open source. - The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). - The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this. - The

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:51 PM, satyaakam goswami satyaa...@gmail.comwrote: and this link too https://portal.otc.nic.in/ First i landed on this page this page http://www.mit.gov.in/content/free-and-open-source-software , by searching open source on the MIT website , then the next link in

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Ma Sivakumar
2010/8/16 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com:   - The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).   - The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do   what you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for   this.   - The

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread sangeetha
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Ma Sivakumar masivaku...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/8/16 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com: - The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0). - The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, The source is available for everyone, anyone can download it from there. As of now , we dont have a mechanism for people to contribute. But we are working on it and soon a mechanism will be put up where people will be able to contribute. Kindly enlighten me how to download boss code

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Ma Sivakumar
2010/8/16 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com: As of now , we dont have a mechanism for people to contribute. But we are working on it and soon a mechanism will be put up where people will be able to contribute. Kindly enlighten me how to download boss code and compile it from

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Ma Sivakumar masivaku...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/8/16 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com: As of now , we dont have a mechanism for people to contribute. But we are working on it and soon a mechanism will be put up where people will be able to

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Roshan George
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 17:15 +0530, Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் wrote: Would be happy to know from the relevant authorities that ,is downloading and building it from sources is possible or NOT. As i learn from shiva's reply , that it is not possible to build it from sources, as of now. However,

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Arun SAG
2010/8/16 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com Kindly enlighten me how to download boss code and compile it from scratch then!!. Hi Thyagarajan, BOSS is not an application to compile it from source/scratch. BOSS is an operating system, it has a kernel, applications like pidgin/open

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, Why not try emailing the BOSS team or, at the least, asking on the BOSS Linux forums http://forums.bosslinux.in/. It is meaningless to ask the relevant authorities to contact you. They may not even be aware that you are asking unless you contact them yourself. Sure, you point is well

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread sankarshan
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Srinivasan Sundararajan srini...@gmail.com wrote:  As part of NRCFOSS project CDAC Chennai had brought out Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS),-- BOSS GNU/Linux -- derived from Debian with some add on packages such as Bulk Document Converter, Presentation

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Arun SAG saga...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/8/16 Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் citizenof...@gmail.com Kindly enlighten me how to download boss code and compile it from scratch then!!. Hi Thyagarajan, BOSS is not an application to compile it from source/scratch.

Re: [Ilugc] a note on BOSS

2010-08-16 Thread Roshan George
On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 17:39 +0530, Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன் wrote: Hi, Sure, you point is well received and noted. The same question was discussed on ilug delhi mailing list, whose url i have provided earlier. There were couple of mails on boss , just thought to get my queries clarified