You can also obtain AIM directly from AOL's site. Personally I like using GAIM as it seems to be a tad quicker and perhaps more reliable. All the familiar shortcuts of AIM work in it as well. (Control+1,2,3,etc and Control+Shift+1,2,3,etc... for smilies)
--- Bob Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This week our nieces are staying with us. They're > teens, and they > really, really like chat. AOL Instant Messenger > (AIM), to be precise. > > Anne and I installed AIM on two Windows boxes for > them so they can > talk with their friends on the east coast. Then > Anne googled for an > AIM client for Linux. She found one > (aim.sourceforge.net, I think). > Installed it, and it came right up. Lauren was > happily typing, "hey", > "whatz happenin" and "nuthin" a few seconds after > the download > finished. > > I have a really good feeling about Linux going > mainstream on the > desktop over the next few months. Really good. > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > kbobsoft software consulting > http://kbobsoft.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
