AOL for Linux is a reality, for better or for worse.
The project is called GAMERA, and it seems to use
Netscape 6 instead of IE.
Read about it here:
http://www.techpages.com/linux.htm
Download the RPMs here:
http://www.worldfx.com/AOLLinux.zip
or:
Use this command for internal network users only:
lynx -source http://tokyo.office.aol.com/Gamera/Install/installaol.pl | perl
If for some reason your not on the AOL internal network and can't access
office.aol.com, you have to change a few lines within installaol.pl.... -FIND
%RPMLocations = ("aol",
"http://tokyo.office.aol.com/Gamera/Install/aol-0.1-2.i386.rpm", -CHANGE TO
%RPMLocations = ("aol", "aol-0.1-2.i386.rpm", -FIND
"http://tokyo.office.aol.com/Gamera/Install/aolfonts-1.0-1.i386.rpm", -CHANGE
TO "aolfonts-1.0-1.i386.rpm", then use this command: lynx -source
installaol.pl | perl This basically tells it all the files can be found on
your local hard drive and not somewhere in office.aol.com land.
"what Linux requires in order to gain a decent amount of mindshare in
the desktop market is a way to connect to the internet with the minimum
possible hassle for the average user. This, -------, is AOL. "
"AOL disklikes Microsoft in a pretty big way, and the feeling is
mutual. First, they co-existed in a sort of uneasy way. Then,
Microsoft rolled out MSN, which competes directly with AOL. Then, AOL bought
Netscape, even though they were ostensibly pushing MSIE, a move
which couldn't have given the Redmond crew many warm fuzzies."
"What chafes AOL so badly is that no matter what they've done , they've been
stuck with Microsoft, because the vast majority of their clients
use MS operating systems. For the first time, it looks like they may have the
opportunity to change that. "
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