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myk02k
October 18th, 2009, 10:40 PM
It seems very worth-while. Does anyone have it working or know equivalent plugins for Pidgin?
edin9
October 18th, 2009, 10:41 PM
It seems very worth-while. Does anyone have it working or know equivalent plugins for Pidgin?

Why don't you use Pidgin/Kopete for AIM?
myk02k
October 18th, 2009, 10:45 PM
http://download.aim.com/client/70

Apparently there are a lot of features that was just added to AIM, like something for displaying location, how many people have you on their buddy list, facebook/twitter updates (even if they are deleted), etc.
edin9
October 18th, 2009, 10:47 PM
Most of that seems like pointless crap, but then again it is AOL. Sorry I can't help you, I don't install AOL's crap in Windows let alone Linux. Good luck :)
beastrace91
October 18th, 2009, 10:48 PM
Since its a free download I'm giving it a download now to give it a go under Wine/Codeweavers/PlayonLinux - will report back with success/failure.

~Jeff
beastrace91
October 18th, 2009, 10:49 PM
Most of that seems like pointless crap, but then again it is AOL. Sorry I can't help you, I don't install AOL's crap in Windows let alone Linux. Good luck :)

*cough*Spam*cough*

~Jeff
edin9
October 18th, 2009, 10:50 PM
*cough*Spam*cough*

~Jeff

Not really, AOL is my ISP. Their software never works properly.
beastrace91
October 18th, 2009, 11:08 PM
By default the AIM 7.0 installs but fails to launch out with the following message: jeff@eeetop:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/AIM$ wine aim.exe
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP90.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\Program Files\\AIM\\aim.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\Program Files\\AIM\\aim.exe" failed, status c0000135


On my netbook atm but when I get in front of my main system I will pull that .dll file it asks for off my Windows VM and see if a manual over ride resolves the issue.

~Jeff
myk02k
October 19th, 2009, 02:03 AM
Works fine in VBox, although i'd prefer WINE tremendously more
beastrace91
October 19th, 2009, 02:44 AM
Works fine in VBox, although i'd prefer WINE tremendously more

Hehe anything that is non-3D will work in a Windows VM ;)

~Jeff
edin9
October 19th, 2009, 03:00 AM
Hehe anything that is non-3D will work in a Windows VM ;)

~Jeff

Except AOL.
beastrace91
October 19th, 2009, 03:37 AM
Really? Thats odd, what version of AOL - like the dial up software or something like that?

~Jeff
edin9
October 19th, 2009, 09:56 PM
Really? Thats odd, what version of AOL - like the dial up software or something like that?

~Jeff

Like the browsing software. Like the connection software. Like everything AOL's poisoned little hands code.
myk02k
October 21st, 2009, 06:58 PM
Like the browsing software. Like the connection software. Like everything AOL's poisoned little hands code.

I assume you were the NetZero kind of guy 10 years ago? :P
edin9
October 21st, 2009, 08:48 PM
I assume you were the NetZero kind of guy 10 years ago? :P

10 years ago I was 9, and I have no idea what that is.
hikaricore
October 21st, 2009, 10:03 PM
10 years ago I was 9, and I have no idea what that is.

It was a free dialup internet service supported by advertisements.
Using a secondary shell such as Litestep one was able to move the adverts to another desktop and ignore them.
edin9
October 21st, 2009, 10:07 PM
It was a free dialup internet service supported by advertisements.
Using a secondary shell such as Litestep one was able to move the adverts to another desktop and ignore them.

Ugh.