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AOL Dialer for Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the maybe-that-one-isn't-for-you dept.

jesuscash writes "Linspire today announced the availability of Internet dialer software that provides direct access to the Internet for desktop Linux users via AOL's dial-up ISP service."

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  1. Penggy by trans_err · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Penggy has been allowing linux users to dial connect to AOL for quite some time. Who wants to put a bet on where most of the code came from. All in all- this is old news.

    The same thing that was debated years ago when penggy was announced on /. will most likely be argued here: Why would linux users want to connect to AOL?

    Although, marketing this software through linspire makes a lot more sense considering their more simplistic market.

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    transmission_err

  2. too late... by advocate_one · · Score: 3, Interesting
    my father was a dedicated AOL user for a long time... and the only thing holding him back from switching to Linux was the lack of a proper dialer for Linux...

    In the end, the worms and other nasties of ms-windows life finally gave him the final push over to Linux... and that was the end of his AOL account... it was a painfull break for him, but in the long run he's had no regrets and he can still chat with his friends via Gaim, but as far as he's concerned, the lack of official support from AOL for Linux has cost them an account

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    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
  3. Re:If you're smart enough to use Linux by burns210 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    We need a single distro that is so locked down, that users don't even know the UNIX side exisits... Imagine...

    1. Use a web interface for purchasing/downloading/updating software.
    2. Use Zero Install for software installs, running them off the internet(a local server from the distro, or the developer's) and cache the download for 'offline'/faster loading use.
    3. The culmination of all things automated, best hardware autorecognition, X/Sound/Video auto configured.
    4. Hide the entire filesystem except for /home/YOUR_USERNAME/ and /home/SHARED/. Nothing else is visible, and is basicly read-only.
    5. Simple interface, just the basics, nothing overly fancy.
    6. 1 app for each problem. 1 mp3 player, 1 word processor, 1 video player.
    7. Auto updates configured to run. Firewall installed, but invisible to the user.

    Any more ideas?