नमस्*ते,
मैं एक भारतीय नागरिक हूँ। मुझे एक हिन्*दी संचालन प्रणाली की आवश्*यकता है। मैने सुना है कि बॉस लिनक्*स में हिन्*दी समर्थन उपलब्*ध है। पर मैं एक बहुत बड़ी उलझन में फँसा हुया हूँ। समस्*या यह है कि मैं यह पता करने में असफल रहा हूँ कि बॉस लिनक्*स की सीडी रोम बाज़ार में खुद्रा बिकती है या नहीं। अगर हॉं, तो क्*या यह गुवाहाटी या कोलकाता के बाज़ारों में मिलेगा? क्*या आप में से कोई मेरी मदद करेंगे?

Hello,
I am an Indian citizen. I require an operating system in Hindi language. I have heard that BOSS Linux supports Hindi. But, I am trapped in a great confusion. The problem is that I have failed to know if the CD ROM of BOSS Lixux is sold retail in the market. If yes, can I get it in the markets of Guwahati or Kolkata? Will any of you help me?

I think BOSS Linux is free and you can download from http://bosslinux.in/wiki/index.php/Downloads

I found that Ubuntu support also Hindi language (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=102778).

Hi,

I can confirm Road_maps statement about BOSS being 'free' (just looked at the boss website).

To my knowledge Mandrake and Red Hat also support hindi.

Hope this helps.

BTW: That's a very beautifull language to look at. Related to sanskrit? That's why they invented searchengines......

Mandriva 2007 Spring - http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hindi1tf7.png
Centos 5.0 - http://img509.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hindi2ao7.png

First of all, I would like to thank Druuna as he has liked our language.
As Road_map said that BOSS Linux is free, I also knew that. But, my Internet connection is not fast enough to download BOSS Linux from the internet. That's why, I am looking for its CD. Please give me some information about that matter. I also saw the Ubuntu forum site. But, I think, BOSS is better. It is a latest release. Mr./Mrs. Road_map and Mr./Mrs. Druuna, please enlighten me about the matter.
Please have a look at this page: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/12/1631206

Hi again,

You can always buy it on-line: Distrowatch - BOSS or, a more direct link here.

BTW: Found out that hindi is indeed related to sanskrit

I found BOSS 1.1 here:
http://www.linuxcd.org
http://www.alllinuxcd.com/relnews/boss

I don't know that help you.

All Indo-European languages stem from Sanskrit.

Yes,druuna and brianL, all Indo-European languages have link with Sanskrit.
हॉं, druuna और brianL, सभी भारोपीय भाषायों के संबंध संस्*कृत के साथ है।
I also thank Road_map for replying me again and giving me the new links.
मैं Road_map को भी धन्*यवाद देना चाहता हूँ क्*यों कि उन्*होंने फिर से मुझे जवाब दिया और नए लिंक दिए।

If you are, indeed, new to Linux tusharmj, then I would suggest that you tried the main stream distros mentioned first i.e. Ubuntu, Mandriva, CentOS (which is redhat based), etc etc.

For no other reason, than that no only do they (apparently - guessing as I speak no Hindi, and rely on the accuracy of others posts/suggestions) support your native Hindi, but because they are also more widely used, hence if you encountered any "distro specific" problems, then you are likely to be able to get help so much quicker, due to the greater number of other users "out there".

Plus it's probable (not guaranteed of course) that there will be less bugs due to the greater amount of peer review.

regards

John

p.s. and yes, I agree with druuna, the hindi is indeed a very beautiful text to look at - I've also seen Tamil which I've liked, not forgetting the "true masters" of calligraphy, the Japenese.