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About:
Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to
provide voice- and video-based communication with other Internet users. The technology is extremely
advanced, but easy to use. It features excellent
sound quality, end-to-end encryption, and
automatic negotiation of firewalls or routers.
Among major features are SkypeOut and SkypeIn,
adding the possibility to make low-cost calls to
land line phones and having a fixed number to be
able to receive calls from land line phones.
Release focus: Minor feature enhancements
Changes:
Several drag-and-drop enhancements, the abiilty to enable/disable automatic sound mixer adjustment, more configure options, and many bugfixes, among them some connected with Skype crashing and sound related-issues.
Author:
Skype Technologies S.A. <info __at__ skype __dot__ com>
[contact developer]
Homepage:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/
Tar/BZ2:
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-static
Changelog:
https://developer.skype.com/[..]f625df24192038db44183b5aaff558f605fd9725
RPM package:
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-fc7
Debian package:
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb
Trove categories:
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Dependencies:
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No dependencies filed
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» Rating:
8.19/10.00
(Rank N/A)
» Vitality: 0.02% (Rank 3767)
» Popularity: 8.28% (Rank 325)
 
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Record hits: 77,235
URL hits: 44,788
Subscribers: 212
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Branches
Releases
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Version
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Focus
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Date
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1.4.0.118
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Minor feature enhancements |
11-Oct-2007 12:30 |
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1.4.0.99
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Minor bugfixes |
02-Sep-2007 18:08 |
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1.4.0.94
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Major bugfixes |
03-Aug-2007 18:04 |
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1.4.0.74
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Major feature enhancements |
15-Jun-2007 05:05 |
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1.4.0.64
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Major feature enhancements |
23-May-2007 18:09 |
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1.4.0.58
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Major feature enhancements |
02-May-2007 16:41 |
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Comments
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1.3 beta => needs root access
by Crissi - Sep 29th 2006 03:25:19
The 1.3 beta running on Linux 2.6.18 needs root
privilegies to made and recieve calls which is a security
nightmare!!! If its running as user it hangs when it tries
to establish a call (incoming and outgoing).
I've contacted the skype staff but no answer (yet).
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Re: 1.3 beta => needs root access
by Andypoo - Oct 3rd 2006 04:19:55
> The 1.3 beta running on Linux 2.6.18
> needs root
> privilegies to made and recieve calls
> which is a security
> nightmare!!! If its running as user it
> hangs when it tries
> to establish a call (incoming and
> outgoing).
Hi -- this is not true, and only affects a small handful of users,
although Skype are yet to find a common factor here.
Skype is designed to run as a regular user on the system. There is a
thread about it in the Skype forums, just post your info there and see if
we can help each other out.
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beta?
by giumpolo - Aug 22nd 2006 05:27:19
We must call this version alpha, it has many bugs about the sound and runs
only as root.
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Re: beta?
by Majkel J. Smyfsky - Aug 22nd 2006 10:38:16
> We must call this version alpha, it has
> many bugs about the sound
OK, I know we - GPL junkies - have a tendency to diss closed-source
apps.
But please...
Yes, there is Skype 2.x for Windos already and this beta is buggy (perhaps
that's why it's called so?) e.g. after very long uptime trying to use voice
service causes Skype to gobble 100% of CPU cycles and lack of sound...
BUT overall it works and I expect this version or later to
co-operate with ALSA properly (thank you, from me and hopefully every other
Linux user, very much to whoever, responsible at Skype Corp, is working to
achive this goal!).
> and runs only as root.
Please... configure your system! Stop spreading FUD. If it works under
root priviliges it means this is 99.99% permissions problem. It runs
fine here as non-root user... Slackware -current. And on good days let's me
talk to friends and listen to music at the same time, now there is
something to fuel my ADS
;-)
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Re: beta?
by giumpolo - Aug 22nd 2006 12:56:41
>
> % We must call this version alpha, it
> has
> % many bugs about the sound
>
>
> OK, I know we - GPL junkies - have a
> tendency to diss closed-source apps.
> But please...
>
A beta version must have minimun functionality
that this version hasn't.
> % and runs only as root.
>
>
> Please... configure your system! Stop
> spreading FUD. If it works under root
> priviliges it means this is 99.99%
> permissions problem. It runs fine here
> as non-root user... Slackware -current.
I don't know which type of permissions you talk about. Skype 1.2.0.18
works well, Ekiga Gizmo Wengophone linphone etc... are working as normal
user too, no sound server is blocking the audio card.
Maybe there are some other things to set?
The README included in the package (related to v0.92.0.16 ) cannot
help.
Regards
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Skype
by praedor atrebates - May 24th 2006 09:35:18
If you use a modern linux system, don't use skype.
Modern linux uses a modern sound system (ALSA) but
skype is based upon OSS. Sad, ancient, outdated,
deprecated. Skype has been promising ALSA support
for a couple years with nothing to show for it. Trying to
use skype on an ALSA (read "modern and up-to-date
linux") system causes problems: if you get the sound
system to work for transmit and receive, you will often
find that skype has hijacked your sound system and
wrecked it. By this, I mean you will be able to make
ONE call with skype but then all subsequent calls fail
with errors. In addition, it is not uncommon for your
sound system to quit working for your actual system as
well (no more notification sounds, inability to play mp3
files, etc). It MIGHT work to quit skype entirely (use
the menu entry for "quit" rather than simply clicking the
x in the window corner) and then restart it...or you may
have to logout and login again. Using soundwrapper or
artsdsp, as appropriate, does not fix/sidestep the
problems.
Openwengo shows much promise, is based entirely on
open source, and can do what skype does...but it too
suffers with not being able to work with ALSA and using
artsdsp or soundwrapper wont getting it working AT
ALL so unless you are living in the dinosaur OSS days,
forget both skype and Openwengo (for now).
I have found that gizmo works. It does what skype
does but works, out of the chocks, with ALSA. I have
recently dumped skype and laid aside openwengo in
favor of gizmo. It suffers from being closed (like
skype) but it works on a MODERN linux system...unless
you are running an x86_64 system. Gizmo will not run
on an x86_64 system and because it is closed source,
there is no rebuilding it in hopes of getting it working.
So...on linux you are stuck with straight VOIP/SIP
clients with crappy UIs (kphone, gphone, linphone) with
no ability to call out to standard phones (nor accept
calls from standard phones) OR you must stick with an
ancient, sad, weak OSS system OR you must forget
about updating your hardware to a 64bit CPU.
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build against recent libs ?
by nekrad - Mar 22nd 2006 02:50:57
will there be an build against recent lib versions (ie freetype and stdc++
are really too old) some day ?
at the moment its *unusable* for me.
--
http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce
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m-audiophile
by webdesign hamburg - Nov 3rd 2005 10:04:38
Skype doesnt work with my extern soundcard, does anyone know why?
Regards
mille
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Re: m-audiophile
by Tejash Shah - May 19th 2006 02:54:39
Hi Mile,
Which O/S r u using ? and which sound card r u using ? Are other
applications working fine with this sound card?
> Skype doesnt work with my extern
> soundcard, does anyone know why?
>
> Regards
> mille
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Regards,
Tejash Shah
+91-9986206413
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Skype rip off alert!
by user127 - Sep 16th 2005 03:31:44
If you use the for-pay portion of Skype which allows placing calls to
landlines, watch out! If you don't place at least one call every six
months, they will just steal your money. The only indication of this, I am
aware of, is that they post this policy on a web page on their site.
Others have alledged that they also state this when you buy credit, but I
don't recall ever seeing this, probably because I just clicked through
their acceptance terms without having my lawyer review it first, just like
most people.
Skype technology is great and the free P2P portion is also excellent, but
their well hidden "Skypepout" expiration policy is a total
ripoff. I got skinned by Skype!
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Skype is great!
by Marco - Nov 17th 2004 08:23:55
Skype works great! The sound quality is better than other tools like MSN
Messenger, and it even works behind NAT and with a dial-up connection
(can't say that about other tools).
On the downside, the first versions have had a problem migrating your
contacts from one machine to another (basically, you can't, you have to add
them one by one, or copy an internal directory), and it seems that the list
of "connected" contacts is not updated too fast.
All the inconveniences however, vanish when you realize you have been
talking to a friend across the Atlantic for more than an hour for free!
:-)
Many cheers for Skype!!!
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Re: Skype sucks
by mangoo - May 12th 2005 13:28:34
Skype doesn't support ALSA sound system, which has been in Linux for
years.
It only supports old OSS, which is not supported very much.
This means that many Linux users can't enjoy the benefits of Skype,
because it just doesn't work on many distributions.
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Re: Skype sucks
by Veerakumar - Jun 21st 2005 10:18:34
> Skype doesn't support ALSA sound system,
> which has been in Linux for years.
> It only supports old OSS, which is not
> supported very much.
>
> This means that many Linux users can't
> enjoy the benefits of Skype, because it
> just doesn't work on many distributions.
You are wrong. ALSA has support for applications which are still using the
old OSS interface. Your distribution is bad. I don't know much about
distributions because I Build my linux system myself from scratch. Also
with a little effort you can set it up yourself.
--
Visit me at Veera
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Re: Skype sucks
by Scott Jackson - Sep 25th 2005 18:51:44
>
> You are wrong. ALSA has support for
> applications which are still using the
> old OSS interface. Your distribution is
> bad. I don't know much about
> distributions because I Build my linux
> system myself from scratch. Also with a
> little effort you can set it up
> yourself.
Right but wrong. I would contend that the parent is an asshat, but I say
that using the (deprecated) OSS interface is counterproductive. I have a
soundcard that does not have hardware mixing, and alsa provides a software
layer for that. Skype, however, uses the OSS interface and therefore needs
complete control of my soundcard.
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Re: Skype sucks
by Aigars Mahinovs - Sep 27th 2006 10:49:35
> Skype, however, uses the OSS interface
> and therefore needs complete control of
> my soundcard.
Not any more - 1.3 beta versions have very nice ALSA support.
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