Author: Alan Dayley Date: Subject: Linux for my sister?
On Thursday 14 August 2003 08:01 pm, Alan Dayley wrote: > gaim is a very nice GNOME based IM application and supports various IM
> protocols. Works great with AOL. Go sign up and skip the software
> download. (I think they have a Linux client but I did not try it.)
>
> I have also successfully used KIT, a KDE AOL IM client. Not as nice as
> gaim but if you are a KDE person, it works fine.
>
> No, you don't have to have an AOL account. You sign up for a AIM account
> via the web. Then, you put your user information in the IM client program.
> Tada, done.
PS Signing up for AIM is free as in beer. I also have had very little email
generated from just having the account.