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A. Susilo et al. · UTAKSES case study: Advancing digital access for students living in remote

areas without reliable internet - Universitas Terbuka, Indonesia

● Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04 or Debian 11;

● 64-bit mini-personal computer;
● 8G RAM Memory;

● 512 GB SSD;
● I7 Processor.

The mini-personal computer is quite easy to install as it requires only 10 cm
of square dimension with a DC power supply. For the BUKA pilot project, some of

the main applications supporting e-learning services were also installed, such as
the Apache web server, MariaDB database server, PHP, Moodle for e-learning, and

Kiwix for o ine Wikipedia.
Meanwhile, the supporting intranet network operations use the following

applications:

● Bind DNS servers;

● Server SSH;

● DHCP Server;
● SAMBA File Sharing Server

In terms of technology, some exciting technologies are also partly used in

the UTAKSES o ine internet system, including:

● SolarSpell: Library powered by Raspberry Pi with Access Point Wifi

(SolarSpell, n.d.);
● Kiwix is a free app that lets us search and read Wikipedia without an

internet connection. Available for Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, and
Linux (Kiwix, n.d.);

● Wikipedia and Wiktionary;

● Open content repository.

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