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Revision as of 14:25, 4 August 2012
Skype is a program to do video phone calls over the network.
Get it
To get Skype, find out your distribution and proceed accordingly
| Ubuntu 11.10 32bit |
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This example has been tested on 2011-12-28 on Ubuntu 11.10 32bit. Other distributions should work same or similar:
bunzip2 Download/skype* tar xvf Download/skype*.tar |
| SUSE 11.2-12.1 |
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This example has been tested on 2010-06-03 on SUSE Linux 11.2. Other distributions should work same or similar:
yast -i xorg-x11-libXv-32bit
bunzip2 Download/skype* tar xvf Download/skype*.tar |
Run it
- run skype:
cd skype* ./skype
Configure it
You will now have to select "Options -> Sound Devices -> Make a test call" and experiment a bit with what Sound Card you use. "Make a test call" will explain everything to you.
Problems
Audio
Audio has been improved a lot with Skype 4 from 2012.
See also
- http://www.ehow.com/how_5575179_use-skype-through-proxy.html - use skype via a proxy
