Skype for Linux

tax80.bo commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Please fix Skype for windows version 5.1.0.112 contact search bug!!

sirsirbon83 commented Wednesday, Apr 6

I can't believe Where have you been in the last year? Anyway thank you e grazie visto che sei italiano

imarckk90 commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Good to see an italian =)
Anyway hope to see soon the release 2.x out of beta and see Skype 5 also for GNU/Linux.

cowanh00 commented Wednesday, Apr 6

It's a miracle!

halaszvari commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Great!!!! Thank you!
Do you plan to support the application indicator in Ubuntu 11.04?

mazurkiewicz.damian commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Thank You, there is still not so many changes but it's great to see something moving. What about this Open Source client thing?

straka7066 commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Yupiii! After years of promises we have finally native 64bit version.
Thanks a lot.

nuclear-head commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Kudos!
Hope to hear more often from you guys both on the blog and the forum

ajnasz commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Still far behind from the other platform's. Isn't it only a build from your master branch, what the last Linux developer left behind?
Why don't you release a lib, which makes possible to build a client on it? At least a closed source one?

maltest commented Wednesday, Apr 6

The first comment is about Windows (

That guy must be joking. Unfortunately! I know it is hard supporting Linux, because of the vast difference of desktop environments, sound architectures and whatnot. So why not make use of the community and put out Libskype? Then all the VoIP apps and IMs in Linux can just adopt and include that. You wouldn't need to support any ui or sound stuff yourself. That would be soooo much cheaper for you guys.

crazyedzus88 commented Wednesday, Apr 6

After update and first time skype 2.2 start i get - Failed to execute child process "skype-wrapper" (No such file or directory)

shini-kire commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Years, years and years BETA?? 2x?? windofs 5x??? e___e. (sigan asi para que los usuarios de linux dejen de usar Skype en Linux. y cambien a gnu free call)

WELCOME TO GNU FREE CALL.

opensuse-fi commented Wednesday, Apr 6

@straka7066

it's not native 64-bit, not really

me@slap:~> file /usr/bin/skype
skype: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, stripped

loonyphoenix commented Wednesday, Apr 6

What about the open-source client that was promised more than a year ago? Any news?

calum.johnson.censis commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Thank you for working on this again. I'd love to see the previously mentioned open-source client get released, but I'm glad that you haven't given up on the Linux user base. I use (and pay money for) Skype on Linux every day.

zilvador commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Thank you for the release!

nitram35x commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Would you guys please stop making new win$ versions for a while and spend your time in updating the GUI from the linux version? Or better, rewrite the whole thing. It just sucks.

kiril.vladimiroff commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Oxygen look for KDE still doesn't work

rolandixor commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Nice April fools joke, cause obviously Skype thinks linux users are fools.

fabio.albieri commented Wednesday, Apr 6

I'm glad I NO longer spend any money with Skype. After a year of waiting, this is a joke.

thomas.zangerl commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Thanks for the new version and that Skype continues to port their latest codecs to the Linux version.

However, maybe you could think about shorter release cycles or just Blog updates announcing that something is moving. I'm never quite sure whether the Skype for Linux development is dead or still alive

daniil_varlamov commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Thank you very much. Hope you'll tell release final version soon.

ahmed_omran commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Working well so far on Slackware 13.1 (x86_64). Thanks!

eikenberry. commented Wednesday, Apr 6

When will this be added to the debian repository you maintain at: http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/

Thanks.

elem_c commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Webcam shows is very dark only for me guys?
Only with new version. Old version works fine.
I tested in Fedora 14 and Debian 6 (((

slav1996 commented Wednesday, Apr 6

This is a joke! C`mon Skype! One year of development and you got from 2.1 beta to 2.2 beta!?! Where is the open-source version, where is skype 5.x for Linux? Why Skype hates Linux so much?

tomchiv commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Hurrah ! (although about time !).
*Please* do not inflict the same GUI on us as Mac and Windows users have though, keep it simple and clean.
Any progress on decoupling the UI from the application library, so tools like PIdgin and Kopete can use it without needing to show the main GUI ? This was announced about a year ago...
Also, why the lack of any progress updates at all for a year ?

falas.. commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Finaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllyyyyy
any linux user plz comment for them to know that we have a country

lippylipka commented Wednesday, Apr 6

I'm happy to see a new beta release, but less happy about the lack of progress. That said, keep up development!

crimsonflame123 commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Video not working on Fedora 14. Its dark. I saw the known issues section about doing LD_PRELOAD for the libv4l library. Did that too and still didnt work. Is there a workaround?

evil_aculas commented Wednesday, Apr 6

Why don't you guys or even if it's a one-guy team, indulge us at least visually? Let us have the option of removing the skype icon from the taskbar, or at least give us a monochrome icon for the taskbar. I don't understand what the problem is there? Is it against skype's trademark policies or mission statement? An explanation would be alright with me, at least I am curious to know what the problem is. You gotta be flexible! All OS's have different appeals, and if you want to be successful at what you do, you should listen to your customers at least to the extent when issues or needs can be satisfied. And believe me many people want to have at least the option of having a monochrome icon in the task bar. Thanks!

vazso.hu commented Wednesday, Apr 6

I don't believe it. Is there a new version of Skype for Linux?
...but this is still named as beta... and there is still a big gap between the version numbers of Skype for Windows and Linux.

In the near future, is there at least a little chance for the Linux version to be not far from the main, developed version of Skype?
Will be any other updates in the following one or two years?

Sorry for my comment, I would like to have an up-to-date and developed Skype on my system and there was absolutely no change in the last year(s) in the code, which is a bit annoying situation, like being alone in the dark forest...

Anyway, many thanks for working on this version of Skype. I really hope there will be much more resources/developers in the near future to be many improvements in this client.

mkoedding commented Thursday, Apr 7

Thanks, guys! I also hope Linux will get some more attention at Skype in the future...

sean.todd commented Thursday, Apr 7

@crazyedzus88
Again, if you remove the shortcut to the one referencing 'skype-wrapper', and just use the command 'skype'. It should work.

eimaiosatanas commented Thursday, Apr 7

Finally! Hell froze!

Here's a toast:
to skype 2.3 beta being released before the end of the world! WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!

gaygerbil commented Thursday, Apr 7

I'm really happy about this, glad it's not a massive overhaul changing it Skype 5, I don't want Skype 5 on Linux honestly, /fb/ integration and all that stuff just seems like bloatware to me. Rather keep it simple, and I have seen many bugs fixed in this release. Glad to see it. Good work Skype, a lil late but still good.

sezer.yalcin commented Thursday, Apr 7

Oh, finally you decided to make your shittiest skype version(linux) less shitty. Sofware companies pay little importance to linux because linux users are power users and always find a cheaper/better alternative. But your are not selling this software and I am paying you for skype in and out anyways but still use your shittiest client version. Thank you skype management.

tryfonaration commented Thursday, Apr 7

Hallelujah!!!!

When should we expect Skype 2.2.0.251?
In 2013 or am I getting too optimistic here?

tryfonaration commented Thursday, Apr 7

@eimaiosatanas

Hey, the end of the world is scheduled for December 2012. You are being over-optimistic here...

im0nf1r3 commented Thursday, Apr 7

So many nasty comments ... I think they represent the minority of users though. Keep the ball rolling on Skype development for LInux!

hutch120 commented Thursday, Apr 7

I run Ubuntu 10.04 and just upgraded skype and it will not start... what's going on?
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Could not launch 'Skype'
Failed to execute child process "skype-wrapper" (No such file or directory)
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I tried to uninstall/reinstall. Same message.

tarkanerimer commented Thursday, Apr 7

Many thanks Skype Linux Team for new version!! Keep up the good work !! Just one thing: Please shorten your over one year of release cycles !!!

hutch120 commented Thursday, Apr 7

Ok, found it, modify all the links (menu, startup, etc) to call 'skype' instead of 'skype-wrapper', got it.

genki-adrian commented Thursday, Apr 7

Hi and thanks for the updated build for Linux. I haven't had the time yet to test, but the first thing that jumped to my eyes is that you obviously support outdated distributions. Both Ubuntu 8.10 and Debian 5 are "oldstable" and no longer maintained or maintenance is going to be dropped soon. Same is valid for Fedora 10.

Current versions should be:

Ubuntu 10.04+
Debian 6+
Fedora 13+

Mind that, especially when chosing the build and install dependencies. Also, it would be nice if you created a 64bit Debian package as well until Multi-Arch has arrived on Debian. Currently I deploy the 64bit package from Ubuntu on our network machines.

And is there still no chance for a native 64bit binary? I mean, there are ports of SkypeKit for MIPS and ARM(?), so the code is at least somewhat portable. I suppose it's the whole code obfuscation story of the Skype binaries to prevent reverse-engineering and disassembly which makes porting so "difficult", right? This would also explain why SkypeKit has not been disclosed into public, it probably lacks this code obfuscation which made it easier to port but less safe against RE and disassembly.

Adrian

sonick_rnd commented Thursday, Apr 7

Отличное обновление:
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Could not launch 'Skype'
Failed to execute child process "skype-wrapper" (No such file or directory)
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dan77g commented Thursday, Apr 7

Good to see this ticking along, albeit gradually ....

At least we have a usable client with the core functionality!

Any info on how you're implementing the open client would be much appreciated. Surely at some point you need to start communicating with the community, releasing an API etc ... to allow people to start work on frontends with their favourite toolkits .... No?

pardalgoncalo commented Thursday, Apr 7

It's great to see that you guys still remember us! Thanks for another great upgrade. Keep'em coming!

hirvard commented Thursday, Apr 7

Anyaway, now it is more convenient to use, thank you for good news

pantalej commented Thursday, Apr 7

WTF? So after a year from the last update the linux client is the same s*it?!
Thank you so much!!!

dadypt commented Thursday, Apr 7

Great

gozilalese commented Thursday, Apr 7

Great! Skype for Linux still looks like a dumb load of s"!$.

lusomanwe commented Thursday, Apr 7

I haven't tested it yet, but thanks for releasing a new version

kokonoula commented Thursday, Apr 7

it took you 1 year and 3 months to get from version 2.1 to 2.2??? congrats..
dont work that fast, too much work will kill you!

we want to see version 5.1 (you know, the one that win users enjoy) , and not a BETA version!

macskyper543 commented Friday, Apr 8

Hello, firstly I AM SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS!!! YOU UPDATED! WOOT!

BUT.... blah. On the download page you call it Ubuntu 10.4 which doesn't make any sense. The release versioning is YY.MM. Unless it was released in the *Fortieth* month of the Tenth year... no. It is Ubuntu 10.04, please fix this type. Other than that, Thanks! keep up the good work!

joserpena commented Friday, Apr 8

Ubuntu 10.10
Audio only call is ok.
Video testing and video monitor is ok for the first time! Never worked before for me.
But logs off (closes current user session) when starts receiving video!...

dansanti1 commented Friday, Apr 8

sonick_rnd commented Thursday, Apr 7

Отличное обновление:
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Could not launch 'Skype'
Failed to execute child process "skype-wrapper" (No such file or directory)
===

just delete -wrapper

vlad_oz74 commented Friday, Apr 8

Re "Failed to execute child process "skype-wrapper" (No such file or directory)" error on Skype startup. I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 64bit. Changing command from skype-wrapper to skype in the Skype launcher fixed this issue.

dietyyli commented Friday, Apr 8

How about Fedora 64bit package?

merikes15 commented Friday, Apr 8

Glad to see linux version isn't dead as it may seem from rare updates. Do you plan to invest any effort in reducing wakeups from idle though? Skype wakes up much more often than Quassel IRC client while it's open doing nothing (as in no chats or calls active). I find myself exciting Skype when on battery for that reason.

ukickey commented Friday, Apr 8

Great, it works perfect on my Ubuntu Box of Lucid Lynx.

janusheide commented Saturday, Apr 9

thanks, here is one happy linux user on debian 64bit that now can install skype with minimum hassle great Everything worked out of the box - like it should

ionut-82 commented Saturday, Apr 9

Maybe one day it will come out of beta...

joserpena commented Saturday, Apr 9

Using Ubuntu 10.10.
Audio calls are ok.
Video testing and monitor are working. They didn't work with previous version.
When start receiving video Skype crashes and causes Ubuntu to end session. (log off).

chiefthaumaturge commented Saturday, Apr 9

Thanks, guys! Good to get the update. And thanks, also, for keeping it a light, clean interface. So far, it is working well on a couple of Ubuntu 10.10 systems I'm running, one in 32-bit, one in 64-bit.

dbrenha commented Saturday, Apr 9

i liked the idea of a libskype thingy that empathy, pidgin and others could use. this way you guys wouldn't be hated for sucky UI integration.

reytiger commented Sunday, Apr 10

I was quite shocked to see this update.

You guys should probably stress that the version numbers across different platforms don't match up. Aka Skype v2 on windows is not what we on Linux have now.

Just make group chat and calls a bit beefier and I'll be satisfied with the software as is.

tutti_88 commented Sunday, Apr 10

@cowanh00 Amen! Lodato sia il Signore

ramon.parada commented Sunday, Apr 10

I think the design of this blog gets updated more often than the product you talk about. I think the design changed 2 times since last release post.

haoqing.xu commented Sunday, Apr 10

Where is a contact's secondary or thrid phone number? Not that different from 2.1 beta to me.

global.talker commented Sunday, Apr 10

The Skype (Beta) 2.2.0.25 pgrade pushed out by Canonical for Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS fails to launch. The message is:

Could not launch 'Skype'
Failed to execute child process "skype-wrapper" (No such file or directory)

A binary called skype-wrapper installed by the earlier version of Skype from the Canonical repository was apparently deleted by the upgrade, but it failed to install a replacement launcher in the Applications menu. It's poor testing before release to the user base.

Also, Skype still doesn't show up in the Indicator Applet on the panel, and if one closes its GUI window by clicking on the "X" in the upper right corner, Skype is left running in the background as a sleeping zombie program, consuming CPU resources; one must resort to the System Monitor to "kill" it to shut it down. Chording (Ctrl+Q) with the keyboard while the Skype window is in focus doesn't work either. If one attempts to click on the launcher in the Applications Menu to bring up the GUI, it fails, because it detects the previous instance of Skype running. One must be very careful to only shut Skype down with the Quit command in its drop-down menu only. This is not user-friendly at all. It's the only Linux program of which I know that has this nasty behavior.

vannaraptus commented Tuesday, Apr 12

In my Squeeze+KDE 64bit, webcam (Creative VF0350) only works if started with the command:
LD_PRELOAD = / usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype

The audio is better than 2.1 and the fonts are more readable.

Grazie 1000 Marco, se passi da Bologna fai un fischio che ti invito a cena!

dietyyli commented Wednesday, Apr 13

How about 64bit version for Fedora?

brian.grohe commented Thursday, Apr 14

Thank you so much! Please blog more so we know what is going on

paulvachier commented Thursday, Apr 14

Bravo

maxim.mvk commented Thursday, Apr 14

Ehh... Even don't know, are here any reason to ask to make support of OpenIndiana/OpenSolaris OSs
Dear Skype Developers, you have to spread list of supported OSs or change the strategy
You can miss a big market of Oracle Enterprise users that want to pay and use Skype.

Marco Cimmino commented Thursday, Apr 14

@global.talker
First of all skype-wrapper is not installed by us, but by some random packages you found somewhere else in the past, probably mediubuntu?
So not our fault.

Secondly Skype does not close clicking on X and the process does NOT become a zombie, you just did NOT close it, but minimized.

If you do not know any other program that does like that means you are pretty new to Linux, I know dozens like:
- Amarok and Kopete are one of these from KDE world
- Pidgin I am sure is the same from GNOME world

Marco Cimmino commented Thursday, Apr 14

@vannaraptus
Io sono di Bologna e passero' molto presto, per Pasqua

Marco Cimmino commented Thursday, Apr 14

@vlad_oz74
Again some left overs from random packages, be sure to uninstall first those!

orlando.yanguas commented Friday, Apr 15

Ubuntu 10.10 64 Bit: The thing crashes every time I turn on the video on a call!!!

Where can I at least download v2.1?

pol-pot78 commented Friday, Apr 15

Fedora 64bit?

Have to say that Skype is brilliant.

(When it gets fedora 64 bit support)

rocketraman commented Friday, Apr 15

Both audio and video work very well for me using Fedora 14 and pulseaudio. It looks like pulseaudio is integrated better now than in the previous beta. Cheers.

ottoowl commented Saturday, Apr 16

skype 2.2 on my samsung N150 Ubuntu 10.04 dot work! Can I reinstall old version? (2.1 was working fine) Where I can find old versions of skype linux?? sorry for my english

undecidable1 commented Tuesday, Apr 19

the webcam is so dark, and even if I fix the global settings of the webcam using guvcview still skype does not get affected !

zoggtheineffable commented Thursday, Apr 21

Thanks, I use Skype about 5 times a week to family in the UK and this new version is much more stable.

With the current increase in Linux usage I hope we will see more frequent updates. While most of the windows "extras" are fluff to my mind, I could really do with a "snapshot" button, and having the Chat and video together in one window would also be useful.

adamantoi commented Saturday, Apr 23

before update, my camera never refresh, now it keeps refreshing and my video quality drop significanly. use asus EEEPC 1005

denieruh commented Wednesday, Apr 27

The only thing I miss now is the possibility of being able to join an ongoing group skype voice conversation without the host having to call you.

poltiser commented Wednesday, Apr 27

The old version 2.1 worked well in Ubuntu both 32 and 64. New crushes all the time and camera does not work again...

phiber57 commented Thursday, Apr 28

Why is the Linux Client way behind the MS Windows one?!

brian.snapp commented Friday, Apr 29

I have this to say to everyone that is complaining.

If you don't like it, go back to Windows. Quit being sniveling crybabies. Programmers, and troubleshooters have a thankless job. With the negative responses I have seen in this thread, I wouldn't be surprised if you don't see Skype 3.0 for about 5 years. Look at your system settings, and make sure all is OK there, before you insist that is the software.You don't like "beta"? Wait for a "stable" release. You know what they say about a few bad apples spoiling the bunch. Keep it up, and I'll bet the shut down Skype for Linux development for good. Look, It's a free program, that runs on a free operating system. Seriously, quit your bitching.

ronjouch commented Monday, May 2

Bugreport: screen sharing with GNOME compositing enabled results in a darker screen being shared, as if obscured by a semi-transparent window.
Note: I'm _not_ talking about Compiz or xcompmgr, but about the bare-bones GNOME feature, set via
gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool true

System: Ubuntu 10.10 x86, GNOME 2.32, Skype 2.2

Apart from that, great release! Cool to see things moving; I hope more is in the pipe...

ogehrke commented Thursday, May 5

@brian.snapp: Waiting for a stable release would be more fun if there _was_ a stable release available. If you spent two minutes looking around, you'd notice that no stable release has been available for download for a year and a half now. And no, skype crashing whenever a chat window opens or the webcam not working (even if it works in any other software) is not a problem with "system settings". And bug reports are not bitching. Get rid of that attitude, it's arrogant.

rosskendall commented Thursday, May 5

Questo è fantastico! Molte grazie.
Glad to see a new Linux release. Please keep the development going.

maciej_majchrzak665 commented Friday, May 6

Try looking for 2.1 version - it works.

markurt30 commented Tuesday, May 10

if microsoft buy skype, we won't have never an improvement of our skype for linux... goodbye :/

da_apz commented Tuesday, May 10

With Microsoft buying Skype, I wonder if this is the last version we'll ever see. I also wonder how long it takes until they block the Linux client entirery from the network.

sonux78 commented Tuesday, May 10

One important News and One Question: Microsoft is buying Skype! What is the Future of Skype Linux? Is it the Death of the Skype Open Source Idea? Please tell us something about that!
Ok, I understand: You can't write a stable program in X years (Skype Linux is a joke as a developer-team. Don't be insulted, compare yourself to the others...) You could at least break your chains (just before you will be fired by Microsoft!) and tell us whats going on...Please!

jcemelanda commented Tuesday, May 10

Why fedora has no 64bit version?

deadlyellowsnow commented Tuesday, May 10

Wow, Redmond is now in charge. Will that speed up the Skype 4 Linux development? MMmm.

lavoleous commented Tuesday, May 10

Hi there. So, what's the word on how Skype for Linux will be developed now that Microsoft are going to be in control?

As it is I'm still on 2.1.0.81 as anything more recent doesn't work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

markwege commented Tuesday, May 10

Would be nice, if you released a stable version before Remond takes over. The current beta is not satisfying. There are some advantages over 2.1 concerning general sound and video quality. But there are also draw backs: Skype seems to have problems with staying online for a long time. After a while (may be, not sure, due to broken network connections in the meantime) it pretents to be connected, althought it is not. Reconnecting does not work, the only thing which brings Skype back online then is killing the skype process and a new start. Further more the video is jumping a little around with the zoom. Also the general camera angle which is shown seems to differ from the last beta. I would be nice if zoom and camera angle could be configured like in the Windows version. I also would like to see contact import like in the windows version from Facebook and csv-files.

kokonoula commented Tuesday, May 10

Mystery solved. Microsoft now bought skype, so , dont expect to have a new release.
It was nice. This is the end...

karl.schmidt36 commented Tuesday, May 10

Sure hope the M$ deal won't put an end to the Linux version...

graingert commented Tuesday, May 10

Now Microsoft owns you will there be any more skype for linux?

kalle_friedrich commented Wednesday, May 11

Skype, I just don't get it. You offer a great service, that I am willing to spend considerable amounts of money for: calling my friends on their mobiles, landlines, writing SMS. You are my phone provider, so to say. Using your software is not part of that service, just like I am not obliged to use my internet providers software or e-mail account. You will still get paid if I use Pidgin to make my calls (which I do, but parallely run Skype crashes at least once a week). What exactly keeps you from publishing an API or libskype, you are LOSING CUSTOMERS HERE! Please, Skype, free your product.

oddie82 commented Wednesday, May 11

Ok, since MS acquired Skype, what do you think guys - how long will it now take for MS to release new linux version?... Oh wait - that's mutually exclusive...
Looks like EOT for me.

Marco Cimmino commented Wednesday, May 11

Development hasn't stopped. Marco

tryfonaration commented Wednesday, May 11

Ok people. After MS bought up Skype I think it is high time to seriously look for alternatives. Don't expect any new version for Linux, we are talking about MS here, a known, ruthless enemy.

mrloki29 commented Friday, May 13

I hope to see 5.0 with the same interface in Windows and Mac.

uare.home2 commented Friday, May 13

Skype Linux RIP :'( Since it doesn't seem like anyone moderates here, does anyone know of a good quality linux alternative? (that is international... not everyone is american or in the US you know...)

alexkcyp commented Saturday, May 14

I believe MS will continue to support Skype for other OSes. Skype has good potential revenue and it would be suicidal to support only a MS version. Example...MS Office for Macs.

ahmed_omran commented Saturday, May 14

@mrloki29: "I hope to see 5.0 with the same interface in Windows and Mac."

I personally find the Windows interface horrible! Even though I'm a cutting-edge junkie, I'd much prefer the same functionality with this simple and practical interface we have now.

davidnruthie commented Tuesday, May 17

@mrloki29: You're kidding, right? The Skype 5 interface is terrible. Every Mac user I've talked to *hates* the interface. It's bloated and harder to use than the older one.

@Marco, any news regarding SkypeKit for Linux?

raymondprobeus commented Thursday, May 19

Skype 2.2 crashes all the time
i.e. it opens, I sent a few words on Chat, then the yellow !!! appears and the software stalls
It won't even quit! It does only when rebooting.
maybe on odd occasion do I get lucky and it stalls only after 5-10 minutes...
so I have to revert to Windows if I want an effective Spyke usage.
Huge deception at this end guys.

Interface should be like the windows version was before the 5.0...
a LibSkype as suggested above is a great idea... is it workable?

kiavash_f commented Saturday, May 21

Even after many bugs that can be a part of 'beta' release, this is a great step to support x264 video chat. One big thanks to you all.

akgrant43 commented Thursday, May 26

Happily using skype 2.2 on Ubuntu 10.10 - audio, video and IM all working well.
I agree with the comments above - I'd prefer the development effort to focus on improving audio, video and api before playing with the user interface.
It would also be nice to be able to use separate audio channels for conversations (headset) and ringing (speakers).
Thanks!

Marco Cimmino commented Thursday, May 26

This is already possible, install pavucontrol and you can differentiate sound events output from audio calls.

karis20091 commented Saturday, May 28

I am a housewife, and my husband installed ubuntu 10.04 on windows system.
I learnt working with it after many days. now after using skype for a week on ubuntu. yersterday my skype crashed, and when ever i started it , the screen appears for 1min and then wanishes. i saw task manager and there the process ends without any message. now i have downloaded skype again and again from ubuntu website and reinstalled it. but i dont know how to fix this problem.
Is there any solution to this. ? because for me basic things matter most like webcam printer/chat at skype and firefox. And currently computer means nothing to me, as skype and webcam(Q-tec) is not working.

memeticrevolution commented Sunday, May 29

thank you so so much for this, i've been waiting eagerly for a skype release for linux to enjoy the latest features from skype

i really appreciate it. i have copies of windows as well, but wish to enjoy skype on all of my computers, some require linux for server work.

Marco Cimmino commented Monday, May 30

@everyone that had crash at immediate Skype startup: this is a known issue that affect all platforms, please follow this link for a quick solution http://heartbeat.skype.com/2011/05/problems_signing_into_skype_an.html An updated Skype with the bug fixed will follow.

marcus.851 commented Monday, May 30

Hi....i have a router Gigaset SE568...My OS is Ubuntu 10.10...when i log in in skype my router reebot...i have need to open a port in my router???

nickl624 commented Wednesday, Jun 1

I haven't even seen a response from the Devs about the lack of rapid forward movement on it. Almost everyone here complained Skype so why not listen. Linux Has millions of users per distro. That's not enough for you to want to make a bigger effort towards it? I have primarily Linux machines at home (Ubuntu) and it wouldbe nice to see you guys actually take into consideration all these people here.

Marco Cimmino commented Thursday, Jun 2

@nickl624
Devs answered already so or you missed it or you would like to see them wasting time to answer you at every since and then instead of coding?

Development continues, dot. About the "million of users", I think we know how many users we have per platform so we don't need you to tell us.

biemmic commented Sunday, Jun 5

Hi,
could you tell me how to send Skype SMS in a terminal command line?
Thx

tahyk_laptop commented Monday, Jun 6

Yes, you know how many users use Skype on linux currently. How much more you could have if it would actually work?
You know, I install, I try, I try really hard, but I have to admit to my wife, that it is indeed terrible, so I have to give up linux migration again and again. Just because of you Skype. I'm so sorry.

Marco Cimmino commented Monday, Jun 6

This feature is missing, but has been already added for the next release.

inzi85 commented Wednesday, Jun 8

Hello Mr.Marco.. thnkx for the new release.. But i've installed Skype on ubuntu 11.04 , but seem to be getting a very very dark video.. have many users been complaining of this?

Marco Cimmino commented Thursday, Jun 9

Yes and is already addressed for the next release.
In the meanwhile a workaround is to install webcam tool (like guvcview) and improve brightness.

varunpatro commented Saturday, Jun 11

Hey Skype people,

Can you try to improve the Graphic Interface for Skype in Linux to something like the Graphic Interface in Windows?

paysdumontblanc commented Monday, Jun 20

Hi Skype,
Which month will we see a new release for Linux ?

p.arun.raj commented Monday, Jun 20

Hi, any chance that a port for ARM Linux will be released soon.
There are a lot many 1+ GHz ARM Linux computers which can make use of it

henkye commented Thursday, Jun 23

Thank for new Skype .-) Also glad, things are moving.

halaszvari commented Thursday, Jun 23

@Marco
Great to see your rapid answers. Keep up the good work! Thanks!

georgemihail86 commented Sunday, Jun 26

Greetings. Thank you for skype on linux! I don't care alot about version numbers but i sure hope the next version will be a stable one so it will give confidence to users.
Also, a plugin for pidgin or epiphany sounds great! like facebook made for chat!

One feature that i like and i have not seen on linux is:
separate buttons for audio calls and video calls, like the skype on windows big green button "call with video". Also the contact list is more efficient on the windows version.

For whoever suggested that if we want windows features on linux we should just move to windows - BAD IDEA! - consider that: at home i use a free application running on a free o.s. (ubuntu) to make free or cheap calls - do you think i affort 100$ to buy windows to run the same free application for the calls?

iker_sal commented Sunday, Jun 26

Hi, my webcam stop working when i upgraded to the last vrsion of skype. I've been forced to downgrade to the 2.1 beta to keep it working.

Launching skype from a shell does not give any error or message. Is there any way to debbug this?

The webcam seems to make a try to start but goes of again

akgrant43 commented Monday, Jul 4

Belated thanks to Marco for your response re pavucontrol from May 26. It would be nice to control the channels explicitly from skype, but I guess that is a pulse-audio problem.

jack.guru commented Friday, Jul 29

The new version is completely horrible! It needs a lot of effort to create such a bad program. Crashes all the time, still uses qt3 sending files works sometimes, whenever skype decides to. Unfortunately there is no alternative to skype, so we *have* to use this so-called-program!

vitalij.chepelev commented Friday, Aug 19

PLEASE!! FIX BUGS IN LINUX VERSION

supercobrajet commented Friday, Aug 19

Seriously, who are u guys kidding ?
I've had several issues on brand new Motherboards where the Audio out works (although not great),
but the Audio In (Mic) either doesn't work at all, or, it works horribly, with constant "scratchy" sounds.
-adjusting "Capture" and mic levels make NO difference, as far as getting rid of this poor quality audio.
The new Audio hardware that the manufacturers' stick on all these different brand new Motherboards is just CRAP !
(most especially in Linux, but also, I have had the same "mic" poor quality issues in Windows as well ?!)

So I look in my old Parts boxes and I dust-off and old PCI sound card and stick it in:
Soundblaster card (circa , made in 1999), I picked it up out of a garbage can at work, last year.
smile
In alsa, it comes up as an Ensoniq AudioPCI; CS4297A
Anyway, now ALL my audio out/in/Mic levels work beautifully, not to mention, the sound quality is much more "clear", with no more scratchy Mic sounds. Skype works great now, ...

It has been over 12 Years !!! since that card was made, and Linux (actually moreso the Audio chip makers) STILL can't get this Audio thing right?
Sure, pulseaudio is a piece of "caca", we all know that now, no thanks to audio development "ego" discrepancies within Linux too, and yet,
Why can't all these "new" Audio controllers just simply WORK in Linux !!!???
I don't get it ?, especially today.
Sure, for well over $200.00 I can switch to an M-Audio , but for gawd-sakes, it's just Audio.

There must be some Linux Audio/OpenHardware Development project going on somewhere that could easily build an Audio-PCI card, ...

I mean, it's not like there wouldn't be a Linux world market today for such a thing.
It would sell like hotcakes, and then finally, audio issues in Linux would become a thing of the past.
Everyone I know uses Linux on their desktops. And they/like me have the same age-old "audio" complaints, as I'm sure many of you do as well.

thx for listening, smile

Rick.

narek.babajanyan96 commented Friday, Sep 2

Skype team PLEEEAAASE make a newer version for Linux, we feel so bad that Windows users look at their 5.5 and we stay with 2.2!

slaveit.guru commented Thursday, Sep 15

And here we are folks, stuck in another cycle of waiting for a new release. The way Skype keeps neglecting us, Linux users, is simply beyond belief...

paysdumontblanc commented Sunday, Sep 18

Is Skype team making fun of Linux users ? Zero communication, 1 minor update every 2 years.

wraukon commented Tuesday, Sep 20

You were hoping to have 64-bit compiled up in 2009. It's 2011 and I *still* can't download a 64-bit version?... And 2.2 vs 5.5? you SURE you're not dead yet?

tstorck commented Wednesday, Sep 28

Hello Marco. It's been a few months since you last commented on this post. Do you have any news to report? Any rough estimates on when the next version will be released, are we talking weeks, months or some unknown period of time here? Any clue as to which things we can expect in the next release?
Would be good to get a small update on what's going on, just to know that the Skype people haven't forgotten the Linux community yet.

italianrocker85 commented Saturday, Oct 1

Hi i use the last version of skype for linux (2.2.0.35) when i try videochat...the my imagine on webcam will blurry...it does to you??? pls help me

Thank u people^^

novasharper commented Saturday, Oct 1

why not bring skype for linux up to the pace of that of windows or mac?

jde1991 commented Monday, Oct 3

I've been using the Skype client for windows sense some ware around 2007. Ended up getting a mac last year. And before anyone tells me that this is the Linux section, I know that and have a method to my madness. Me, who doesn't use Linux, but has a friend who does, even thinks it's sending the wrong kind of message to your user base. You want to keep users? Well, and especially you Marco, respect your users. Let them know you care. Let them know in more than just idle words, that you haven't given up on them. Let them know, that all is not lost, because from ware I and about a million other people sit, it's close. If that's too much to ask from you Marco, you might want to try and find another job, but good luck, I don't know of a workplace for assholes.

jde1991 commented Monday, Oct 3

Seeing as I forgot to do this when submitting the first comment, here's what I'm talking about. Let's look at one of the comments above mine, shall we? I believe it when something like this. "I haven't even seen a response from the Devs about the lack of rapid forward movement on it. Almost everyone here complained Skype so why not listen. Linux Has millions of users per distro. That's not enough for you to want to make a bigger effort towards it? I have primarily Linux machines at home (Ubuntu) and it wouldbe nice to see you guys actually take into consideration all these people here." Now, let's take a look at the response given. I believe it was as follows. "Development continues, dot. About the "million of users", I think we know how many users we have per platform so we don't need you to tell us." If you claim to know how many users you have, then firstly, why not actually respond in a manner befitting someone who doesn't want to be looked at as an asshole? Secondly, why is Linux support lacking so badly? As other comments on this post state, people are more than willing to pay for Skype's services, and would be willing to help with the development as well. You know, speaking of paying for Skype's services, ware does all that money even go. Please tell me it goes toward development of Skype, and not development of Microsoft's pockets ? They're big enough, especially as it's been said that they make more with stemming profits from android phone sails then windows phone 7, but that's another comment for another blog. Marco, I did call you an asshole, and I would be willing to take that back, if you weren't so arrogant in your response, and Skype starts proving it's self to the users of these more than capable OS distributions
, those distributions being all distributions of Linux.

bryhoyt commented Monday, Oct 3

Hi Marco,

Thanks for your responses to our comments, very helpful.

A bunch of us over here at the forum are experiencing a rather tricky issue with Skype silently stopping to work on 11.04. The tricky part of it is that there is no visible sign that it's not working -- it appears to be online, fully green, etc. but in actual fact, nobody else can see you online or chat with you, and as soon as you try to send someone a chat message, it won't go through -- you'll get an orange exclamation mark.

The only way to fix it is to kill Skype with "kill -9" (it simply won't die otherwise), but of course you need to know that it's broken first, and unfortunately there's no way to tell until you send someone a message.

None of the Skype For Linux developers has responded on the forum with any suggestions; could you please have a look and see if you can suggest anything?

1. Is there a place to post bug reports like this to the Skype developers?
2. Is there a better way to get feedback from the Skype developers? Many of us are experiencing great frustration because there is so little feedback. I understand it's difficult to keep everyone happy, but is there some way we could get more frequent information?

We love Skype, but we'd also love to be able to interact more with the Skype For Linux developers.

guywoodhouse commented Thursday, Oct 6

It's evident, I think, the poor attention to the Linux world. I don't believe that Marco or some developer is the real problem. Maybe the company does not invest money on Linux development. If this message will reach someone in the top of company, please remember a key factor (only one of many factors, of course) for the success of Google:
http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories

So, while Skype does not change his policy, stop to use Skype, start to use Google Voice. This is my little advice...

Yours,
Samuel

soodumm commented Saturday, Oct 15

Thanks for the Linux version! It is actually pretty usable and bug free, but one thing...it is sooooo uglyyyyyyy XD

I really got used to the default view of the Windows version and this can be easily implemented in the Linux version, so I am hoping for that.

Since I use Skype every day it is a reason for me not to use Ubuntu as much as I would want to because all those open chats are pretty annoying. So, please add the default view to the Linux version
Thanks

tprender commented Sunday, Oct 16

Maybe I'm being cynical but I can't see why Microsoft would want the Linux Skype GUI to be as good as the Windows version. I believe it is a deliberate policy to put people off using Linux. I have a version of Skype on an old Nokia N95 which is better than the piece of crap they give us for Linux. If theyereally cared they would make it open source so it could be knocked into shape by people who know what they are doing.

kristian.sein commented Monday, Oct 24

Any news about new linux client?

quazi.lendi commented Monday, Oct 24

>bryhoyt commented Monday, Oct 3
>A bunch of us over here at the forum are experiencing a rather tricky issue with Skype >silently stopping to work on 11.04. The tricky part of it is that there is no visible sign that >it's not working -- it appears to be online, fully green, etc. but in actual fact, nobody else >can see you online or chat with you, and as soon as you try to send someone a chat >message, it won't go through -- you'll get an orange exclamation mark.

Same here! Happens couple times a week. Maybe it's because of PAE kernel, not sure.

hpis2cool commented Thursday, Oct 27

Please update the Skype UI for the next release!

mauro_sanna commented Sunday, Oct 30

I want to know why the linux version for AMD64 is not a real a 64 bit version but it's still a 32 bit version.
When I try to install the deb package it requires 32 libs, so it is NOT a 64 bit version.
Why developers don't develop a real 64 bit version?

Marco Cimmino commented Monday, Oct 31

Please try disabling audio notification for:
1. online contact
2. offline contact
3. message sent

mauro_sanna commented Saturday, Nov 5

No answers from developers about a real 64 bit version for linux? Thank you.

uniworking commented Thursday, Nov 10

Linux Support sucks and you guys did not manage it in years to make it better. There was a working version for a short time, but since Ubuntu 11.04, Skype is broken and due your year-long update schedule it is now broken for another year. Yesterday I had to restart Ubuntu three times to start Skype without breaking my system.

I am a Skype customer for years and have probably spent hundreds of Euros on calls. It is an unbearable situation that Skype does not have a regular update schedule for Linux. Ironic, that we can only hope this will get better with Microsoft.

xminush commented Friday, Nov 11

"Microsoft" creates software for linux. It's a thing! I don't expect versions like 5.xx very soon. It's a good work and I thank you for that. But remeber, we (linux users) need yours services, you need us as users,customers, etc. Simple like that. It's clear that we have alternatives, but some of us still loves Skype...

severin_kempf commented Friday, Nov 11

We have been using Skype for several years. We have a subscription and use it both on Windows and Linux (I personally use it on Linux exclusively). Although there are some differences, I just want to express appreciation that there *is* a Linux version and it works, which is more than can be said for most other commercial software. I'm sure the development resources are commensurate with the size of the community and again, really appreciate that I can run this on my laptop with Linux. Thanks Marco, Raul, Berkus, and everyone else that works on this version.

hph_de commented Thursday, Nov 17

Out of the sudden since a few days my Skype stops working under the hood. I only recognize this when I send messages and I see the yellow warning sign a few seconds in front of my messages. Though it is still responding quitting doesn't work and I need to kill it. Since it hasn't been updated for ages, was there a change on the servers?

HP, using Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 32Bit

gsk8-09 commented Monday, Nov 21

How do I synchronize my Facebook contacts with skype? I dont even have the "contacts" option.

Please advice

Marco Cimmino commented Monday, Nov 21

Skype for Linux 2.2 does not have support for Facebook connection.

fotis50 commented Thursday, Nov 24

What a careless attitude towards a large number of users. You have effectively created a forum so that Linux users could talk to walls. It's really a shame.

quazi.lendi commented Monday, Nov 28

Marco

>Please try disabling audio notification for:
>1. online contact
disabled fully
>2. offline contact
disabled fully
>3. message sent
audio notification disabled

Still had a hang. Any other way I could help narrowing down the cause ?

jchau9 commented Saturday, Dec 10

Microsoft owns Skype now, so who knows whether the Linux version will be supported any longer...

jchau9 commented Saturday, Dec 10

Microsoft owns Novell (suse linux) and Skype now, so wouldn't it be reasonable that the Linux version of Skype get even more support, particularly by Novell?

s.depaolis commented Sunday, Dec 11

Please also provide previous buildings of Skype in the download page.
New versions break video support.

Anyone got older versions? I remember my webcam was working with Skype 2.0 than with all next releases didn't. Please help.

paysdumontblanc commented Thursday, Jan 5

Hello Skype team,
Can you just let us know what are the plans for the future of Skype under Linux ?
Is the development still going on?

mozzy_mozbourne commented Monday, Jan 9

Yes a road map would be nice. Skype for linux has been in beta for ages and is still lacking a humongous amount of features available on other platforms. It is ancient
Also better integration into Gnome-shell would be nice. Currently I am using skype over empathy with a plugin, which is an ugly workaround but it works so far.

ohyonghao commented Wednesday, Jan 11

Really, how long has "Beta" 2.2 been out? How long has Windows had version 5? Get real, are you in Linux for the long haul or just going leave this 2.2 here to say hey, look, we support Linux. Haven't even seen any updates to the 2.2 Beta.
Please take Linux seriously.

gymnasiast90 commented Thursday, Jan 12

Windows users get small updates every 2-3 months. Linux users get small updates every 15 months. That by itself is bad, but would be more or less acceptable if at least the bugs were fixed! But the amount of things not working or not working properly is going up! Skype doesn't work with webcam out of the box on Ubuntu 10.04, let alone on 11.10.

Come on, I know Microsoft doesn't like Linux, but surely there are enough paying Linux customers to justify developing it a little bit faster. Even if we had only two releases a year which primarily solved the bugs and occasionally introduced a new feature I think most Linux users would be very happy.

And to make my post not entirely negative, the Linux version has some good points. It's simple, easy to use, has no advertisements (for subscriptions and things like that), can show ALL chat history and has no juvenile things like the massive first use screen and the 'Your Video Is Working' box. To me, it feels efficient and grown-up.

So, in short, please fix the bugs and fix them faster.

jmlevick commented Saturday, Jan 14

I've made a x86_64 (64Bit) RPM of Skype 2.2 BETA for Fedora Users, it might also work on Mandriva, OpenSUSE and other RPM distros, but I've just tested it on Fedora 16 by now, more info here:

http://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Package-Skype-x86-64-RPM-for-Fedora/td-p/427679

Have a Nice Day

bjarni_siggi commented Thursday, Jan 19

Hello Skype.
I think skype need to improve the conection between the skype app and the webcams in Linux
I have allways had problem to make webcam work in skype for Linux. But webcam does work well in other videoprograms like cheese. I have googled this issue and have seen that there are lot of people having similar problem. There are all kind of ways how people have fixed that. I have tried lot of thouse fixes but not worked for me except one, when I was useing Zorin Os 5. Unfortunately for me I changed to Lubuntu because my computer is getting old :/ and the fix I used in ZorinOs does not work there. So now I'm on starting point again, finding a way to fix this.

benstones93 commented Saturday, Jan 21

I too would like to know the status as to the future of Skype for Linux. Please Microsoft, do the right thing and continue developing Skype for Linux. Please publicly acknowledge this as well, if this is or will be the case (or not).

gio.testa commented Saturday, Jan 21

I quote paysdumontblanc and ask you the same thing:

"Hello Skype team,
Can you just let us know what are the plans for the future of Skype under Linux ?
Is the development still going on?"

Thank you for what you have done till now, but is there a future for Linux Skype??

quazi.lendi commented Tuesday, Jan 24

Taking my word back, using this:

>Marco Cimmino commented Monday, Oct 31
>Please try disabling audio notification for:
>1. online contact
>2. offline contact
>3. message sent

helped me to never experience hanging Skype again.
Thanks

s.jackal commented Wednesday, Jan 25

mi scusi quando arriva un aggiornamento?

ab1197590 commented Friday, Jan 27

@ Marco Cimmino

Skype seems to freeze and sending it SIGTERM does not close the application either. A stronger SIGKILL needs to be used followed by the re-opening of the program which is quite annoying. I am using Debain 7 (Wheezy) which has been stable otherwise.

nero.carbone commented Monday, Jan 30

Lovely. Nearly 1 year since last post and probably as long since the last update. That's the way the Skype promises about Linux support turn out in reality. And I guess as now Micro$oft bought it we will wait forever, until the obsolete Linux version will become completely incompatible with newer versions on other platforms, especially the only right one. Time to look for some SIP app instead.

Marco Cimmino commented Monday, Jan 30

@ab1197590
See above answer I gave to a similar case.

nikolayhamov commented Thursday, Feb 2

@jmlevick

I tried your new Ferora 64 package on Fedora 15. I was a bit disappointed to see that is actually with 32-bit binary, and with 32-bit dependencies.
I was extremely disappointed to notice that the behaviour described by ab1197590, which was present in the 32-bit rpm of 2.2 beta, persists in the new package.
When I started skype, it nearly froze all my desktop, chased out everything in the swap, crashed a couple of Firefox addons, and I had to struggle to get access to a console to kill it, which I had to do with KILL instead of TERM.
I am really starting to seek alternatives of Skype, although Skype was working quite well before 2.1.

waqqas.khalil commented Saturday, Feb 4

Could you please update the UI for Skype (Linux). The Mac and Windows version both look really beautiful and the linux version is kind of left behind in that respect. It would be really amazing of you guys. Thanks

dpinol commented Monday, Feb 6

Please update skype for linux

shaked.klein commented Tuesday, Feb 7

It already Feb 2012, are you going to let us work with a normal skype client ? Skype always stuck after a while (know idea why) - using Ubuntu last version.

At least update us that you're not going to update at all if so...

Thanks