Steve Reilly wrote: > JoeHill wrote: > > Was just looking at all the 'how to install Skype' pages, and wondering > > why, as far as I can tell, there are no Debian packages. Is this a > > licensing issue? > > skype cant be re distributed. its not open source.
Ah, okay. Yuck. > > > > ...and also why the heck I need to install all of KDE for it to > > work...grumble. > > > > Is there an alternative to Skype that is not such a pain? Something that > > would enable me to make VoIP calls to Skype users? > > ive never seen anything, skype uses its own closed encrypted protocol Well, now, that's just crazy. Who would want such a thing? No one else can expand on your brilliant invention... ;) > theres a deb right on skype download page > http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/choose/ > > or you can use the apt way if you want, heres the repo info > > http://www.go2linux.org/how-to- > install-skype-on-debian-and-ubuntu-with-apt-get-aptitude Thanks for all the info, much appreciated. -- J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
