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diff --git a/redpill.mdwn b/redpill.mdwn index 506595c..5d1fb50 100644 --- a/redpill.mdwn +++ b/redpill.mdwn @@ -1,34 +1,25 @@ -# Redpill - self-centered ICT +# Redpill - sustainable ICT -ICT is complex. It is tempting to close your eyes and just leave the trouble to someone else. Simple at first, but expensive and you never really know what you have. +> You take the blue pill and [..] believe whatever you want to believe. You +> take the red pill and [..] I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. [..] all +> I am offering is the truth. Nothing more. -Redpill is different. You are in control of your own digital resources - and save both money and frustrations in the long run. +-- Morpheus, The Matrix -## Redpill in management terms +(in the movie "The Matrix" the hero Neo is offered to escape the illusion he +believes is reality. The illusion is comfortable, but unethical. -Redpill is the opposite of outsourcing: As much as possible of your precious data and infrastructure in kept in-house, and the rest uses only simple and generic services to avoid depending on unique features of a single provider. +Pills usually work on the symptoms - soothing the pain without solving the +underlying problems. -An "ICT guide" is hired part-time to help setup your resources as self-sustainable as possible, and to train one or more of your own staff to work with the system on a day-to-day basis. +Redpill is different. It is a self-help process - ICT structures designed to +support and inspire active and concious ICT use. More demanding to establish, +but more economical and less frustrating in the long run. -When the setup is completed, smaller tasks like restarting services or adding/changing user accounts can be done by the "superusers" among your staff. Beyond that, your network can in principle run on its own, although typically your ICT guide stays in the loop as a technical advisor, continuously checking security and optimize/improve/extend services. +Redpill is a saner alternative to traditional ICT. -You keep your ICT guide only for as long as the relationship is mutually beneficial: Your data, services and know-how stays with you. Your system keeps running, it just slowly becomes "oldfashioned". And you can take in another ICT guide - behind the scenes all code is standard Debian GNU/Linux structures with a large userbase worldwide. +## More info -## Redpill in technical terms - -Server hardware: Noname x86 machines, software RAID and all user data mirrored through Internet to separate host - -Server software: Debian GNU/Linux - postfix, apache, amavis, dovecot, etc. - -Machines for creative use: Apple Macintosh - -Machines for classical paperwork use: Debian GNU/Linux or Microsoft Windows. - -## Redpill in an alien environment - -It is possible to share locations with an organisation not using (and not interested in) the Redpill concept. You usually do _not_ need to adopt to a strict foreign policy: - -You need from the ICT staff of your host organisation...: - - * A single static public IP number with port number 22 open inbound, and standard ports open outbound (or ideally fully open) - * Space for a single standard-sized computer (or preferrably 2) + * Strategic [[arguments|purpose]] + * Daily [[use]] + * Technical [[overview|admin]] |