Welcome to the Open Computing Facility!
The Open Computing Facility (OCF) is an all-volunteer student organization dedicated to free computing for all University of California, Berkeley students, faculty, and staff.
Currently Open
The Lab
Located at 171 MLK Student Union
It can be accessed through the main MLK building or via the tunnel by the stairs between Upper and Lower Sproul. We're on the first floor, past the Bank of the West. Just show your Cal ID at the door!
About Us
Learn more about what we do!
The Open Computing Facility is an all-volunteer student organization located at the University of California, Berkeley. We're passionate about open source and free software.
Our volunteers maintain services for the Berkeley community.
- A spiffy computer lab in 171 MLK Student Union
- Web & email hosting for thousands of student groups and individuals
- Free printing for all UC Berkeley students
- Shell accounts on our powerful on-campus servers
- High-performance computing on our GPU server
- ...and lots more!
We hold weekly staff hours to provide assistance with account issues or with OCF services. Drop by to ask questions or just to hang out!
Join Staff!
Meetings 8pm every Wednesday at the lab and at https://ocf.io/meet.
We meet every week to talk tech and work on cool projects. All are welcome to join OCF staff, at any point in the semester!
Sound interesting?
- Subscribe to our mailing list for meeting recaps
- Chat with us on Slack, Discord, Matrix, or IRC
- Drop by and say hello, or email the staff team
- See more ways to contribute and get involved
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Whether you are looking to improve your Bash wizardry, just plain GNU, or everything Unix and Unix-like, this is the perfect class for you. We offer a beginner section for those new to Unix and an advanced section for those who have some experience but want to learn more. Both sections are 2 units and be held from 8-9pm, the beginner section on Tuesdays and the advanced section on Thursdays, right in the OCF lab.
The Open Computing Facility is run entirely by student volunteers.
Copyright © 1989–2022 Board of Directors of the Open Computing Facility.
The Open Computing Facility is a Chartered Program of the ASUC.