Thanks for your sharing, but this is an excerpt from a closed discussion, which also does not include my complete answers. Discussion that I do not intend to open again.
Il mar 23 nov 2021, 17:01 Zayd Ahmed <[email protected]> ha scritto: > Responding to these messages after a long time but I took a bootcamp and > hope to pursue further education in order to learn more computer science so > then I can hopefully find a career in the field! > > > On Aug 8, 2021, at 12:00 AM, Jonas Smedegaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Quoting Agata Erminia Pennisi (2021-08-06 23:56:10) > >> *Red pill r*efers to (becoming enlightened to) the truth about > >> reality, especially a truth that is difficult to accept or exposes > >> disillusions. > > > > Funny you should emphasize redpill in the context of how to make a > > living off of Free software, because it is at the heart of my work. > > > > My use of the term is summarized here¹: > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20190811015333/http://support.redpill.dk/redpill/ > > > > In my use, a "Redpill" is a standardized way of sharing ICT resources > > across multiple organisations, without the need for sharing secrets > > (access codes or content). > > > > It grew from my strong interest in long-term sustainability of my work. > > When at the beginning working independently I mostly did tuning of > > desktop/laptop systems, I realized that it became quite repetitive for > > me, without being easy to codify the steps I made. I noticed the same > > when moving to maintaining servers and networks, and wanted to try > > standardize some of the structures, in a modular way to still serve each > > client uniquely yet do so with reusable components. > > > > My first steady client paying me a monthly subscription fee (established > > after 1-2 years of charging by the hour) was a small business > > university, but also a related business consultancy firm and a small > > team of volunteer activism consultants in their backyard. I developed a > > computer setup for them all, called "Homebase", and slowly generalized > > that into something reusable for other groups of organizations - called > > "Redpill". > > > > Now, 25 years later, Homebase still exists (see the dusty documentation > > at https://support.homebase.dk/ and a newer draft at > > https://docs.homebase.dk/ ) but the business university recently > decided > > to switch to a Microsoft solution so its future is uncertain. > > > > One other experimental Redpill exists, consisting of my own network also > > used by my life partner in her business as a graphics designer using > > purely Free software, a server run by another Debian developer and > > friend of mine, and another friend of mine in couple of his projects on > > ICT education and eco activism in Germany. > > > > My hope is to introduce redpill as packages in Debian, but I am not > > quite there yet. If anyone wants to help, please to get in touch :-) > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > - Jonas > > > > > > ¹ I reference an archive.org snapshot both because that main web page > > (which is also what you would be redirected to if you went to > > https://redpill.dk/ ) is not currently online, and because it might > > interest you for how long that web page has existed. > > > > -- > > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private > >
