The AOL Dialer beta software enables desktop Linux users to easily configure their computers to use AOL over dial-up connections for the first time. Previously, only MS Windows and Apple computers could easily access AOL dial-up connections. Since each subscriber account may represent up to seven screen names (email addresses), access via AOL is now possible for families placing affordable Linux computers in their homes. Recent estimates suggest there are some 90 million unique users of AOL which opens up Linux to an important new audience.

Available free to all Linspire users, the AOL Dialer for Linux beta version installs with one click from the CNR Warehouse. The software is being released as open source and code is available at http://www.linspire.com/dialersource. An AOL option will be added to existing ISP options for Earthlink, Juno, NetZero and Speakeasy in the next major release of Linspire slated to debut later this year.