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Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by lparry »

baby wrote: post #48
Paul_S wrote: post #15

The best thing about how big skype is is that they have to maintain backwards compatibility (hardware skype phones that can't upgrade) so you can use whatever old version you want and it has to be supported by them. Which means you can stick to the old version which works fine without having to suffer through the new and "improved" glitzy version that is popup crazy and wants to hog all your system resources for what…

I can't use Skype because I have an iPhone 3GS which doesn't have the latest iOS (available only on iPhones 4). So I don't really get your point.

Not sure what you're talking about, iOS 5.1 is out for the 3GS and even iOS 6.0 is supposed to be coming out for it. Maybe you only have a 3G?

Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

Shish2k wrote: post #9

Clicking from the linked article to get to the download page, the download is still for 2.2 :-/ Anyone got a direct link to the 4.0 page? ED: The English version is 2.2, the American version is 4.0... For non-americans, use the american link: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/l...

Worked fine for me, file dl-ed from http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu_4.0.0.7-1_amd64...

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Edit had to install 6 deps using gdebi; when I ran the app it crashed before authentication completed and took down my desktop session on Kubuntu 12.04.

Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by riffraff »

lparry wrote: post #81
baby wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't use Skype because I have an iPhone 3GS which doesn't have the latest iOS (available only on iPhones 4). So I don't really get your point.

Not sure what you're talking about, iOS 5.1 is out for the 3GS and even iOS 6.0 is supposed to be coming out for it. Maybe you only have a 3G?

I'm pretty sure i have skype working on a iphone 3 non-gs, anyway.

Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by brudgers »

jsnell wrote: post #79
brudgers wrote: post #68

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Skype has been a disruptive technology within the phone industry. Combined with Microsoft's mobile operating system and perhaps a hardware partner such as Nokia, it is quite possible that we may say mobile "phones" that completely bypass the current established carriers. To put it another way, how often are most people away from a WiFi network when they make a call? Or more importantly, when they access a data stream…

At least I will much more often be with a phone with no WiFi access than within WiFi access with no computing device except a phone. And if I have something other than a phone available, I'm really not going to use Skype on the phone. The old Linux version of Skype wasn't the most brilliant piece of software ever, but even it is so far ahead of the phone versions of Skype that it's not even funny. Does Skype run dece…

Having at one time worked in a Fortune 100 company, people take a lot of calls on their mobile phone while sitting at their desk. Those plan minutes add up.

Like most Microsoft products, the big fish is enterprise, not consumers. The 3D game comparison is somewhat misleading.

As an aside, the current version of Windows Phone was developed prior to the acquisition of Skype. Closer integration in future versions would not be unexpected.

Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by ajross »

ars wrote: post #77
ajross wrote: post #76

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Apart from it being a measurably slower architecture (15-20% is typical) and the only sane way of dealing with large memory machines? (Laptops with 8G are routine today, and require a PAE kernel on i686). Refusing to upgrade is the reason that products like Skype continue to refuse to support 64 bit targets. Just try it. Chances are you won't even notice the difference, except that your battery will last a tiny bit l…

You can run a 64 bit kernel, with a 32 bit userspace BTW, this lets you access all the memory on your machine. Personally I'm waiting for debian multiarch to switch, since I have no desire to reinstall everything from scratch. If debian multiarch did not exist I might have bitten the bullet, but since it does, I can wait a bit for it.

Of course. Even better (best of both worlds, really) would be to run a 64 bit kernel with an x32 userspace: https://sites.google.com/site/x32abi/

But those are still bleeding edge options for people comfortable with tinkering with their systems. I was speaking to the simple choice of i686 vs. x86_64 in pre-cooked systems.

Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by jsnell »

brudgers wrote: post #84
jsnell wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least I will much more often be with a phone with no WiFi access than within WiFi access with no computing device except a phone. And if I have something other than a phone available, I'm really not going to use Skype on the phone. The old Linux version of Skype wasn't the most brilliant piece of software ever, but even it is so far ahead of the phone versions of Skype that it's not even funny. Does Skype run dece…

Having at one time worked in a Fortune 100 company, people take a lot of calls on their mobile phone while sitting at their desk. Those plan minutes add up. Like most Microsoft products, the big fish is enterprise, not consumers. The 3D game comparison is somewhat misleading. As an aside, the current version of Windows Phone was developed prior to the acquisition of Skype. Closer integration in future versions would…

Ah, right. I forgot about the silly American idea of the receiver paying for a call instead of the caller. My experience with Skype is that it's very rarely used for making phone calls to normal numbers, but used all the time for long-distance / international calls with somebody expecting that call. There's very little benefit to using a mobile terminal in a case like that.

My point about battery life might not have been well made. It's not that games are an alternative to Skype, but that it's just absurdly power-hungry. Even more so than the apps that you'd expect to be the real hogs. My Nexus S usually goes 2-3 days between charges. If I leave Skype running in the background, it's drained in less than 8 hours.

Controlling that largest VoIP network in the world might well be valuable to MS. But to date I just haven't seen any evidence of it mixing well with mobile phones.

Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by jodrellblank »

davidandgoliath wrote: post #51
SnowLprd wrote: post #40

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To be fair, I wasn't presuming anything. While I applaud the release of the Linux version, I was merely trying to show that Microsoft's stewardship of Skype seems to be headed in a rather unsavory direction.

How are advertisements unsavory? Is this same opinion of yours applicable against google, for the ads on it's search engine? Just curious. I've never had anything against ads personally unless they're intrusive -- or that my data is being bought & sold to show them. Not that I trust $vendor to keep that data private, but showing me the latest advertisement for some movie coming out next week isn't going to ruin my ex…

How are advertisements unsavory? Is this same opinion of yours applicable against google, for the ads on it's search engine?

When you search Google, it uses Google's servers and web index.

Skype uses other user's bandwidth to route calls.

Leeching other people's bandwidth and also advertising to you while doing so, stings.

(Yes they have directory services and development to pay for, and yes they have infrastructure, for POTS-integration, but on the other hand, POTS-integration isn't free, it's already charged for separately on a service-use basis).

Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by barbs »

Can't wait to try this! But I'm on my mac at work atm. I'm worried they've bloated the interface and made it horrible like they did with Skype 5 for mac...has this happened?

Re: Skype 4.0 for Linux

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Post by moheeb »

beagle3 wrote: post #57
baby wrote: post #48

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I can't use Skype because I have an iPhone 3GS which doesn't have the latest iOS (available only on iPhones 4). So I don't really get your point.

Skype worked fine for me in Jan 2012, last time I used my iphone 3G (ios 4.2.1). Voice/chat only, of course, because of missing front camera.

Actually on Android the video chat works without a front facing camera present.
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