Fotini Trimmi graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a degree in Economics (2001) and holds a Master's Degree in Information Technology (University of Glasgow, 2003). From 2004 up to date she belongs to the research and development team of the Parallel and Distributed Processing Laboratory of University of Macedonia. From 2004-2006 she was a member of Asynchronous Distance Learning team of the Greek School Network. From 2006 up to date she is working at the development and maintenance of the portal of the Greek School Network that promotes educational FLOSS. At the same time, she works as informatics educator in the Public Institute for Vocational and Educational Training (IEK) within the Organization of Vocational Training and Education (OEEK). Her current research focuses on FLOSS utilization in the educational system, as well as on the use of educational FLOSS applications within the framework of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC).