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jacktux
11-08-2001, 11:20 PM
i tryed to locate the ip for aol but can't . Allll i want to do is try kmail but i have to use aol dial up.. any ideas???? :confused:
ph34r
11-09-2001, 10:14 AM
AOL won't work in linux. Try finding a local freenet, which should give you free or very very cheap 'net access. http://www.lights.com/freenet/
Molecule Man
11-10-2001, 12:45 AM
AOL made a beta client for linux. It was called Gamera. You migt check it out. I also heard that AOL could run through wine (http://www.codeweavers.com). Ph34r, you should know better than to say something is impossible in Linux
jacktux
11-10-2001, 10:11 PM
Can I set up wine as an isp or dial up and then try aol? Remember i'm new to linux.
thanks again
DMR
11-11-2001, 02:17 AM
Originally posted by jacktux:
<STRONG>Can I set up wine as an isp or dial up and then try aol? Remember i'm new to linux.
thanks again</STRONG>No. The program Molecule Man is referring to (wine) is a WINdows Emulator, hence the name. What he is suggesting is that you could run Win programs, perhaps even your AOL software, from within Linux using the WINE emulator. It
is a possible work-around, but it's kind of a crufty solution as well; anything running under emulation will be slower than when running natively.
cabu1966
11-11-2001, 03:04 AM
I could be wrong, but I thought WINE was named in the GNU fashion. Wine Is Not an Emulator. :confused:
Jomboni
11-11-2001, 04:13 AM
Technically speaking, it's not an emulator, but for discussion purposes, I guess it's easier to say "emulator" than "compatibility layer."
fateswarm
11-11-2001, 05:04 AM
emulator. whatever they say.
DMR
11-13-2001, 05:36 AM
Originally posted by cabu1966:
<STRONG>I could be wrong, but I thought WINE was named in the GNU fashion. Wine Is Not an Emulator. :confused:</STRONG>It might actually be, but my feeble mind boggles when trying to comprehend infinitely recursive acronyms.


BTW:

Jomboni,

A compatibility layer it may me, but yes, the general concept of emulation is probably more widely understood. Besides, the term "compaibility layer" just conjures up an image of a department full of MarketDroids drooling over the newest catchphrase.


;)

[ 13 November 2001: Message edited by: DMR ]