> I would like to hop on, but I don't have anything
> specific to say. I have never used AIM...do you have
> to be a AOL member to use it?
You don't have to be an AOL subscriber. You can sign up for an AIM
screen name without being one:
http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=106712&pageset=Aim&client=no
> Is there a linux client?
There are several. I use tik; it's a Tcl/Tk client.
http://tik.sourceforge.net/
In tik, to access the AOLserver chat room, you must first define the
chat room by choosing Packages/Quick Chat/New Quick Chat. For the Menu
Label, use "AOLserver". For the Chat Room, use "AOLserver". For the
Exchange, use "4". Then, to enter the chat room, choose Packages/Quick
Chat/AOLserver.
See also MiniTik, a stripped-down tik from our very own Kriston Rehberg:
http://kriston.net/software/minitik/
GAIM is a popular GNOME-based Linux client written in C:
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/
Good luck.
