Ted Behling wrote:
>
> At 05:10 PM 07/28/2000 +0100, fasi74 wrote:
> >I want to installe & use aol or netscape instant messenger on my drake box
> >does anyone have a clue where to find them ?
>
> To my knowledge, AOL hasn't ported their AIM software to Linux yet. There
> are about two dozen IM-clone programs, but the one that most closely
> resembles AIM is called GAIM. Another option is Everybuddy, which supports
> AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo Pager, all in one clever AIM-like interface. I use the
> latter when I'm on a machine where my NIC works under Linux. :) You can
> download either from www.freshmeat.net.
Actually they did port it, but it sucks!! It's not nearly the quality
of gaim and it constantly crashes!
Mike
