The NRCFOSS is promoted by the Department of Information Technology, MC&IT, Government of India. The site to download the linux distro BOSS is down and hence we’ll bring a complete feature update as soon as we have our hands on it. In the mean time we have the following information.

? Graphical mode installer;

? Faster system startup and login;

? Simplified menu organization;

? Easy access to power management settings;

? Improved support for video playback;

? 3D Desktop;

? BharatheeyaaOO (Localised OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 – currently in Tamil and Hindi);

? Enhanced Removable Media support;

? Plug & Play support for devices;

? Multimedia support;

? TV Tuner support;

? Bluetooth support;

? Optional Network Manager for convenient roaming between different wireless and wired networks;

? Migration Tool – Bulk Document converter;

? Input Method – SCIM with Remington Keyboard Layout for Tamil, Hindi, Punjabi,and Marati;

? Dual Boot Facility;

? Automount of existing Hard Disk partitions.

Keep watching this space as we’ll bring the complete review soon.