About us
The Software Freedom School exists to teach the world how to use and why to choose free software.
David L. Willson and Heather L. Willson started SFS in 2013 with Linux Camp.
We feed the whole learner, mind (techie classes), body (delicious food), and spirit (libre software).
We try to have at least two 4-hour gentle hands-on intro classes each month, one 4-day immersion camp each year, and a few study groups.
Our ideal participant loves Free Software, comes to learn with us, and stays to teach with us. Newbies, graduates, veterans, career changers, and enthusiasts are all welcome and wanted with us!
We are a community based company in the Denver area. We want to partner with hacker-spaces, maker-spaces, LUG's, businesses of all sizes, entrepreneurs, and small, free schools like ours. Our goal is to teach the world how to use and why to choose free software and it would be wonderful if you joined us!
We look forward to meeting you and are excited for you to be part of the libre community!
Upcoming events
2
- $16.00
Small is Beautiful - SFS Gathering In-Person
SFS HQ: The Comfy Room, 4237 W Grand Ave, Littleton, CO, USOn SFS 1st Saturday, everyone participates
You will be handed the talking stick. Be ready! Bring a piece of libre hardware, a bit of libre code, a news article, or a question you've been pondering.
Please feel welcome to track your topic ideas in mm.sofree.us or the Meetup conversation.
So, come join your (new) friends in the Free Software community. Let's build digital freedom and celebrate collaborative technology together by sharing everything from practical, everyday tips and tricks to cutting edge projects. Build friendships while you share and learn!
Bring:
- Your machine (Linux preferred)
- Your questions and curiosity
- Your own show and tell!
Doors open at 8:45
The Gathering is value for value:
- We ask for 256 mLTC, 226 uBTC, or 16 USD
- Or, pay what you choose: pwyc@sofree.us
- This is an in-person event with delicious coffee and baked goods provided by Heather L. Willson!
Join SFS' Mattermost to stay connected during and between events.
3 attendees - $128.00
Free Your AI with Alex Wise
the Software Freedom School HQ: comfy room, 4237 W. Grand Ave., LIttleton, CO, USGet the AI Agent and keep your soul
Are you interested in learning more about how LLMs and AI Assistants actually work and how to get the most out of them?
Alex Wise will deliver a half day intro here at SFS HQ.
We will build up from basics like "What is a Large Language Model?"
and "What is an AI Agent?" to context management and tool use.
Attendees may even be able to create their own rudimentary AI agent to take home and experiment with.Participants will:
- Learn the relationship between the Agent and the LLM by emulating an agent.
- Build their own agent that they can take home with them.
- Extend the usefulness of their agent by adding context management
- Extend the usefulness of their agent by adding tools.
- Customize their agent by modifying the persona.Bring a machine (Linux preferred) with a web browser and SSH client.
Doors open at 8:45
This class is value for value:
- We ask for 2 LTC, 1 mBTC, or 128 USD
- Or, pay what you choose: pwyc@sofree.us
- This is an in-person event with coffee and snacks by Heather L. Willson!
Join SFS' Mattermost to stay connected during and between events.
About the Speaker: Alex is a certified AWS Generative AI Developer and a Site Reliability Engineer with a decade of experience, including building LLM agents for SaaS Products and ML for robotics. He has delivered several classes in his time at SFS including Gentle Hand-On Introductions to Docker, DevOps, and OpenTelemetry.
4 attendees
Past events
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