[ale] Skype Linux client updated (finally!)

[taaj.shawn at gmail.com (Shawn)]

Skype gives an inch and JD wants a mile =P
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-----Original Message-----
From: JD <jdp at algoloma.com>
Sender: ale-bounces at ale.org
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:09:34 
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<ale at ale.org>
Reply-To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] Skype Linux client updated (finally!)

On 06/14/2012 07:53 PM, Lawrence Hamblin wrote:
> So, on the same day the news breaks out that Skype is going to put ads in its
> calls (and actually expects us to have conversations about them), Skype for
> Linux finally gets updated to version 4.0, after being on 2.2 beta for who knows
> how long.
> 
> It'll be a while before I can try it out, since I typically only use new
> versions of packages that the Gentoo devs have stabilized.  Still, it's
> available for download, along with the blog post
> <http://blogs.skype.com/linux/2012/06/skype_40_for_linux.html> to prove it.
> 
> No guarantees that it's better, though.  Skype has gotten worse since Microsoft
> bought it.
> 
> Lawrence
> 

Did anyone see if they have a CLI version?  I'm tired of running xvfb just to
get a connection to skype from a server and Sip2Sis.
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