Revising Geth README; commenting Geth2-5 for staging

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-Geth is a complete automation suite for homes and interaction with the physical world. However, it is not a automatic process, and as such you will need to install it manually.
+Geth is a collective ecosystem for aggregating compute across many cheap nodes for small tasks.

-# Etymology=The [http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Geth Geth] are a fictional race in the Mass Effect universe. Geth are individual processes running on many platforms. The more devices, the smarter the collective or gestalt consciousness of the entity becomes.
+Thanks to NetworkChuck's [tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9fSMGkjtug) for helping to get this started and the Antsle nano models for the hardware to run this.
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+# Etymology
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+The [Geth](http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Geth) are a fictional race in the Mass Effect universe. Geth are individual processes running on many platforms. The more devices, the smarter the collective or gestalt consciousness of the entity becomes.

 # Relevant Files and Software
-You can install Geth with [https://aninix.net/foundation/ConfigPackages ConfigPackages]'s Geth Makefile and configuration.

-A number of devices can be controlled under the gestalt -- see [[Geth/Hardware]] for our experiments with Geth hardware platforms. The configuration.yaml format used by the underlying home-assistant package is very simple, and as such we don't prescriptively install one over the base version. Instead, we include snippets for you to define your own structure.
+This is a Rancher orchestration of Kubernetes. This allows us to centrally manage a lot of small processes, such as CTF images, without the weight of managing full virtual machines.

-We are also considering features such as integrating smart lights with Shadowfeed presence detection and timeslots and requiring wireless presence for RFC door unlocks.
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-[file:///var/lib/hass/ Geth configuration] can be tested with the following: <pre> hass --script check_config -c /var/lib/hass</pre>
+Note: containers make it easier to isolate dependencies, especially for less-maintained apps or when we want to set up an isolated network ecosystem. However, they do introduce performance overhead. This is helpful for micro-services, but it's not helpful for heavy, oft-used or data-intensive applications. Some articles with tracking on the wasted compute using containers are below.
+* https://pythonspeed.com/articles/docker-performance-overhead/
+* https://www.torizon.io/blog/containers-in-linux-and-performance-impact

 # Available Clients
-See [[WebServer#Clients|this list of clients]] for tools to access this system. The Shadowfeed NAT rules will need to be updated to allow access outside the network, and make sure to follow [https://home-assistant.io/getting-started/securing/ the security checkpoints] before publishing.
+This system does not have a client itself, but the containers managed in it may provide SSH or Web clients.

 # Equivalents or Competition
-Most home-automation systems are DIY at the moment, though the [https://nest.com/ NEST] system is one commercial offering.
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+There are many ways to run containers other than Rancher/k3s:
+* Self-hosted: RedHat OpenShift, [Antsle antMan](https://antsle.com), and raw Docker
+* Cloud: [Containers on Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/category/containers/), [AWS Containers](https://aws.amazon.com/containers/)