NetIndian News Network
New Delhi, December 16, 2013
Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology Kapil Sibal today released CDS of updated and advanced Urdu language software tools, Bharat Operating System Solutions (BOSS 5.0) and Urdu children's stories for Android-based Aakash tablets.
These are now also available for free download from the website of Technology Development for Indian Languages Deployment Centre, an official press release said here.
The release said the software had been developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) under the mentoring of TDIL programme of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY).
The Government had released Urdu language software tools earlier, but they needed to be updated in view of the advent of universal standards such as Unicode and version changes in the fre and open source software.
The new CDs contain a set of standards compliant free software tools that enable Windows and Linux users to carry out various tasks on computers in Urdu language.
BOSS 5.0 is a GNU/Linux developed by C-DAC under the guidance of Free and Open Source Software’s (FOSS) group of DeitY and it has Urdu language interface.
The new release, Anokha, comes with many applications focused on enhanced security and user friendliness. The release also includes the software updates for various packages including Apache Server, BIND DNS Server, GNU Compiler collection, GIMP, MySQL, Open SSH, php, python, ad so on, the release said.
Children's stories for Android based Aakash Tablet is a collection of 21 educational literature books from National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL).
