RE: [PLUG] AOL in Linux

Call me crazy, but aren't the terms AOL and Linux 2 things that should never, ever mix? I mean with all the things that AOL does to make Windows users miserable as far as what to do when you want to switch from AOL or uninstall it, I would avoid it all costs just because I think they would try the same nonsense with linux.

jon <jon@jonroig.com> wrote:

Can't you just get a "bring your own access" plan from AOL and hook up with
any ole DSL provider? I swear I heard that somewhere.....

-- jon

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 3:16 PM
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] AOL in Linux

Considering the, seemingly intentional, obstacles for using AOL under
Linux or a router (Put another way: Obstacles for using AOL under
anything other than Windows and AOL software.), I feel compelled to
comment on this. You can get videos anywhere on the Internet. Live
technical help; what do you use it for? Try becoming accustomed to the
true layout of the Web and the Internet. Forget about that AOL garbage!

The commercials for AOL Broadband sound nice on the surface. Spam
filtering, virus scanning, and...that's all I can thing of right now.
But the price, both control wise and price wise, is too high for me.

Tay Phu wrote:

> The main one is the AOL videos of news, sports, movies, etc then the
> live technical help and finally the layouts in AOL that i'm accustomed
> to.
>
>> From: "Jon Nelson"
>>
>> AOL said:
>> > Does anyone know if there's any program that can allow me to
>> connect AOL
>> > BroadBand (DSL) from Linux. I hate to give up the features in AOL
>>
>> Just out of curiosity, what "features" do you not want to give up?
>

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