See, I believe this is what David is trying to say. Carol, don't you get it? He doesn't use AOL, he was using that as a example. He was just asking a very basic question about his laptop. The thought of people like you that are using AOL on a Linux box saddens me to death. I am glad you were able to write a short book on the subject of how to use or install AOL. ;0) Someone has a lot of time on her hands. Seems AOL is so easy to use, no wonder its number #1.
-----Original Message----- From: Carroll Grigsby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 22:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] 8.0 good :-) - 8.1 bad :-( "Dodd, David J" wrote: > > I have decided to go with ManDrake 8.0 instead of 8.1 because of the > difficultly with it recognizing my cd/dvd drive or my floppy drive (Dell > Inspiron 4000). I gave in and loaded 8.0 last night and it installed > without a hitch. Thanks to all the experts on this subject I was > finally able to realize that I needed to install 8.0 and not 8.1. Its > funny if I had a question about installing AOL on LM I would get at > least 10 replies back within a half hour. I guess this subject is just > to tough a topic for the expert community I will try the newbie forum. David: Since AOL requires their customized version of IE, it can't be accessed directly from Linux. There was a short discussion on the newbie list a few weeks ago about running AOL under Wine or other emulator. (Talk about kludges. Oh well...) If you wish to pursue this further, search the newbie archives for "AOL". A Google search didn't turn up much of anything other than (1) a lot of articles about accessing AIM from Linux, and (2) some rumors that that were circulating sometime in 2000 to the effect that AOL was thinking about granting access to Linux users. Nothing ever came of it -- I expect that the Time Warner crowd and their obsession with the bottom line had a lot to do with the decision, as in "Why spend a pile of money making our system accessible to a bunch of open-sourcing, trouble-making, anti-American hackers?" Or, perhaps a cooler head spoke up, pointing out that there is some animosity amongst many Linuxers towards the sanitized and controlled world of AOL; most of us want the whole internet, and the ability to access it on our own terms. We don't need no stinking training wheels. As to the other postings pointing out that flaming a whole news group is Not a Very Good Idea (TM), and that expecting an instant barrage of responses from a group of other users is likewise over the top, that's the way that it is here -- sometimes you get a great answer within a few minutes, sometimes you never get one. And, sometimes you get blown off. In this case, you pretty much got what you asked for. Lay off the caffeine. Carroll
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