Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Nov 2009 19:54 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
We waited a little while with this news, because we wanted official confirmation from Skype before jumping on the internet bandwagon. It's official now, so here we go: Skype has announced that it will release its Linux client as open source. A little late, but welcome nonetheless.
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RE[2]: I don't get your whining - what distro
by RshPL on Thu 5th Nov 2009 00:39
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RE[3]: I don't get your whining - nice
by jabbotts on Thu 5th Nov 2009 13:58
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Member since:2007-09-06
Good to hear the RPM build is behaving for you. Did you notice if it pulled in 32bit or 64bit dependencies? My go with the Ubuntu 64bit .deb looks like it'll run fine but it's asking to pull in 32bit dependencies which is the point I canceled it.
Being able to double-click packages and have the installer pick them up is a very nice touch for when one does have to download from outside the repositories.
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2007-09-06
Offhand, what distribution and are you running 32 or 64 bit?
For me, it works great on Maemo, iPhone and osX proper. On Mandriva it was ok but previous to my using it a lot. On Debian I'm getting no love from the 64bit without dirtying my install with 32bit dependencies. (so, no skype on my desktop)