Use Skype under Linux
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Skype is a program to do video phone calls over the network.
Get it
Download Skype from http://www.skype.com. The following example has been tested on 2010-06-03. It takes SUSE Linux 11.2 as example. Other distributions should work same or similar:
- Surf to http://www.skype.com
- Choose "Get Skype -> Get Skype for Linux -> Download now -> Static"
- open a console
- find out if you have a 32bit or 64bit system
- if you have an X64 operating system, install a graphical library:
yast -i xorg-x11-libXv-32bit
- unpack the file:
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
See also
- http://www.ehow.com/how_5575179_use-skype-through-proxy.html - use skype via a proxy
