Hi Juan, "Juan R.D. Silva" <juan.r.d.si...@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi folks, > > I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago > it refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into > it, I found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and > basically forces everyone to use Snap package instead. > > Skype is the only app I would need Snap for on my > system. Unfortunately, I still need Skype and I do not see any > alternative but to concede to MS (and Ubuntu?) brute coercion. > > Any body installed Snap on their Debian system? Any problems with that > thing? Any suggestions to use Skype otherwise? > > Thanks > According to Snap docs[1], Snap has been available on Debian since Stretch (9). It looks like Skype page on snapcraft has instructions on how to install it on Debian[2]. Skype also seems to be available on Flatpak[3], which has the same version as on Snap (8.119.0.201), so you can also install it there if you prefer Flatpak over Snap. I haven't installed it so I cannot tell how well it works. But I think you can report to Microsoft should there be any issues. [1] https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snap-on-debian [2] https://snapcraft.io/install/skype/debian [3] https://flathub.org/apps/com.skype.Client -- Xiyue Deng
