Re: Working for Linux/Debian

From	Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.project
Subject	Re: Working for Linux/Debian
Date	2021-11-23 18:30 +0100
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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 <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> 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 <dr@jones.dk> 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
>
>

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Working for Linux/Debian Zayd Ahmed <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-08-04 17:30 +0200
  Re: Working for Linux/Debian Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2021-08-04 20:40 +0200
  Re: Working for Linux/Debian Onildo R Ribeiro - Pessoal <onildoricardo@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 06:20 +0200
    Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd Ahmed <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 06:20 +0200
      Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-08-05 10:50 +0200
        Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 21:50 +0200
          Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-08-05 23:40 +0200
            Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 00:50 +0200
              Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 00:50 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-08-06 17:10 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-08-07 16:20 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> - 2021-08-08 00:10 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-08-08 02:10 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd Ahmed <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-08-08 05:20 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-08-08 09:20 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-08-08 10:40 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-08-08 12:40 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-08-08 12:40 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd Ahmed <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-11-23 17:20 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-11-23 18:30 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd Ahmed <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-11-23 18:30 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-11-23 19:30 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-11-23 20:30 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-11-23 21:00 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-11-23 21:20 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-11-23 21:50 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-11-23 22:00 +0100
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-11-23 20:30 +0100
            Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 00:50 +0200
              Re: Working for Linux/Debian Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> - 2021-08-06 10:10 +0200
                Re: Working for Linux/Debian Agata Erminia Pennisi <agataerminiapennisi@gmail.com> - 2021-08-06 11:40 +0200
      Mail privacy (was: Working for Linux/Debian) Martin <debacle@debian.org> - 2021-08-05 10:50 +0200
        Re: Mail privacy (was: Working for Linux/Debian) Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2021-08-05 18:50 +0200
        Re: Mail privacy (was: Working for Linux/Debian) Parodper <parodper@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 20:40 +0200
  Re: Working for Linux/Debian Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-08-05 06:20 +0200
    Re: Working for Linux/Debian Zayd <zayd.ahmed92@gmail.com> - 2021-08-05 21:50 +0200

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