1)You can get a BOSS CD by using forum
OR
2)You can Get a BOSS CD by contacting
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing ,
STPI Facilities Centre,
Ground Floor,
No:5,Rajiv Gandhi Salai,
Taramani, Chennai-600 113.
Tel : 91-44-22542226/27
Email : bosslinux@cdac.in
OR
3)The BOSS CD's are available at all the CDAC Centres in India. The following are the addresses to contact in related states. By contacting the below addresses of your near by CDAC Centre, the BOSS CD can be obtained by hand or by courier.

http://bosslinux.in/support-centres
http://bosslinux.in/downloads/welcome-to-boss-downloads

BOSS CD pack

BOSS CD pack consists of 3 CDs. The Install CD which gives you a BOSS Desktop in your system, a Live CD which allows you to try BOSS without installing on the Hard Disk and without disturbing your existing OS and the Utility CD which has some of the extra packages like OpenOffice fonts, Apache web server, scripting languages etc.

1) INSTALL CD
To use the INSTALL CD, you need to have a minimum of 4.0 GB of Harddisk space, 512 MB of RAM and a CD-ROM drive. Insert the BOSS GNU/Linux install CD into the CD drive, restart your computer and boot from CD by editing the BIOS setup. The BOSS GNU/Linux splash image is displayed as the starting screen and the cursor blinks at the boot: prompt. Press Enter and follow the instructions. You can proceed with the default installation by clicking “Next” button or do custom installation.
2) LIVE CD
The BOSS GNU/Linux Live project aims to create BOSS Live CDs, DVDs and USBs for all the releases of BOSS (and newer). BOSS Live is Linux CD based on Debian GNU/Linux. BOSS LIVE CD is a GNU/Linux distribution that boots and runs completely from CD. It includes recent linux software and desktop environments, with programs such as OpenOffice.org, The Gimp, Mozilla, Pidgin, Totem and hundreds of other quality open source programs. It also includes document converter, Presentation tool, 3D effects, bluetooth devices support and Input method for Indian Languages.
3) UTILITY CD
This CD consists of workstation related packages, like Apache webserver, egroupware collaboration tool, webmin – GUI for administrative tasks PHP, Mysql, Postgresql, Educational tools, Openoffice fonts and some other language fonts ,etc. You can find out the usage of the Utility CD and about these extra packages below. This BOSS Utility CD or Addon CD contains the packages related to workstation.

Usage of Utility CD:
1. Insert the CD ,make sure it mounts properly.
2. Click “BOSS Utilities from CD” menu item from main menu
i.e System -> Administration -> BOSS Utilities from CD.
3. Continue with instructions provided.
4. Go through the README file available in CD.


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