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Join us at the workspace! Friday, November 3rd @ 7:30pm Once a year, Free I.T. staff get together to elect new board members. Turns out, it’s a great excuse to grab some pizza and celebrate another successful year of FRITA! Hop on over to the Facebook event page and let us know you’re coming. See […]

Wednesday, April 19th @ 7p! This month’s N00b hour is all about software! We’ll start with the basics of upgrading the existing software (packages) on your Linux computer by using its package manager.  Then, we’ll look at ways to find and install new software for it.  Next, we’ll discuss the pros and cons of using

Last month Free I.T. staff members “test drove” new hours on Saturday mornings. I’m happy to report that it was a success! Not only did people come out to shop, get tech support, and donate, but volunteers started showing up too. So we decided to put the new hours permanently on the schedule: Free I.T.

At Free I.T. Athens we’re dedicated to bridging the digital divide. The costs involved with reliable broadband Internet means there are people out there with no access to the important modern services the web enables. To do our part in building a more tech-accessible environment, we have recently decided to open Free I.T. Athens’ Wi-Fi

This week one of our behind-the-scenes-projects is tidying up the Free I.T. Athens YouTube page so volunteers can more effectively provide information to the community. While we’re working on new videos and tutorials, I thought I’d give you a digital tour of what you can find there already. Free Software Tutorials Well, one tutorial anyway.

For the month of February, Free I.T. Athens will be open from 9a-1p on Saturday. For a long time, Free I.T. Athens has only been open 10 hours a week. This month the FRITA volunteers are experimenting with bumping that number up to 14 hours! The goal of this experiment is to gauge community interest.