Current Status on Open Source

Movement In Indonesia

Yohanes Nugroho
(yohanes@opensource.or.id)
 Overview
● Recent Events in Indonesia related to OSS
● OSS related projects with official support
● Successful OSS related project without official
support
● OSS related groups and organizations
● OSS players in Indonesia
● Indonesian Linux Distributions
● Conclusion
Recent Events in Indonesia Related
to Open Source Movement
● New Legislation on Intellectual Property
– Stricter rule regarding software IP
– Real Result: pirated software no longer displayed on
public places
– Unknown impact on Open Source usage
● National Election 2004
– Cost million of dollars (about US$ 50 million) on
software license and hardware
– The Open Source community has failed to show the
advantages of OSS
 Officially Supported OSS Related
Project
● KOMURA
– Cheap Computers bundled with open source
software
– Parent project for WinBI and Kantaya
● GDL (Ganesha Digital Library)
– Distributed WebBased Digital library software
● NetOffice
– Web based corporate portal
 KOMURA (1)
● Developed by BPPT
● According to survey by BPPT, the biggest
hurdle for computer usage in Indonsia is cost
(hardware, software, and training cost) and
language barrier
– KOMURA tries to solve these problems
● Hardware cost is reduced using old computer
as clients and a decent computer as the server
– Uses LTSP
 KOMURA (2)
● Software cost is reduced using Open Source
software
● Uses WinBI, Indonesian Linux Distribution
– GUI is translated to Bahasa Indonesia (solves the
language problem)
– The distribution includes 5 e-books in Bahasa
Indonesia (reduce training cost)
● Future Plans: Use Kantaya
– Web Based Virtual Office Software
 Ganesha Digital Libray (GDL)
● Web based digital library software
● Sponsored by YLTI and IDRC Canada
● Used to implement the Indonesian Digital
Library Network
– To fill the gap of the digital divide
– Very Successful Project
– Still in active development
 NetOffice
● Web based corporate portal software
● Supported by ITB (Institute of Technology,
Bandung)
● Seamless integration with other web
application (Complements instead of replace
existing web application)
● Deployed on ITB, PLN, MQ, and other sites
 Unofficially Supported but
Successful OSS Project
● Endonesia web based portal
– Just Like PHPNuke
● Deployed in more than 20 sites
– Successful for Indonesian user size
● Still Actively Developed
● Should have official support from the
government or other organization
 OSS Related group and
Organizations
● KPLI
– Indonesian Linux User Group
● Tim Pandu
– Creates documentation and ebooks on OSS
● Developer Force
– Open Source J2EE on Linux
● OSCG (Open Source Contributors Group)
– Host, discuss, and develop OSS projects
 OSS Player in Indonesia
● No Groups or Industries which has strong
enough influence on community or government
● Few person has big impact on Open Source
Community in Indonesia
– Onno W Purbo
● Practical open source software books
– I Made Wiryana
● Open source / Linux advocates
 Linux Distributions in Indonesia
● Good distribution for Indonesian should solve
two problem
– Cost (must be able to run on low end hardware)
– Language
● Current active distribution:
– Linux Sehat
– WinBI
– Rose
– RimbaLinux
 Linux Sehat (Healthy Linux)
● Knoppix Based distribution to reduce
complexity
● Supported by the GunadarmaUniversity
● Given away for free (through ISO download
and free CD request)
– To introduce healthy computing (in the term of
legality and simplicity)
● More than 400 CD has been sent
 WinBI
● Supported by BPPT
● GUI using KDE
– Translated to Bahasa Indonesia
● Contains LTSP Software
● Contains five e-Books in Bahasa Indonesia
– Reduce Training/Support Cost
– Educate about the open source movement
 Rose and Rimba Linux
● Rose
– Used to promote open source software by RAB (an
open source software company)
– Based on Knoppix, without GUI, runs on low end
hardware
● Rimba
– New Linux distribution aimed to be unique and
more appropriate for Indonesian people
– Supported by Rimba Software, a new open source
software company
 Conclusion
● Indonesian open source movement has a very
slow progress
● Lack of support from the government
● Many problems faced to pace the movement
– No special script
– Economical
● Despite of the problems, some projects has
already been done, hopefully more to come
● Needs support from other countries