Debian Stretch is running the beta version well enough. I do have a minor issue with microphone that requires a USB headset (wired or bluetooth) be connected, then fire up the application, and on the first call, I have to manually configure the audio to use the USB instead of "auto detect."
dafr $ dpkg -l skyp* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-==============-============-============-================================= ii skypeforlinux 5.5.0.1 amd64 Skype keeps the world talking, fo $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-stable.list deb [arch=amd64] https://repo.skype.com/deb stable main On 10/16/2017 05:43 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > I've had some spare time lately and have been working on getting Ubuntu > MATE working to my satisfaction on a second machine I got months ago at > ENU (RIP). I am required by the company I do work for to have Skype > running. On my old machine, running Ubuntu 14,04, I have Skype 4.3. It > still works just fine, although I don't know if that will continue. On > the new machine, I had Skype for Linux beta installed. When I tried to > run it today a window popped up apologizing that it was no longer > supported. It had a link to a page that only provided the same version. > > In frustration, I tried to install the Windows version of Skype on my > virtual Win7. It only gets as far as a page requiring that I enter my > birthday. There's no opt out available. I have a philosophical aversion > to companies requiring personal information that I don't think they > need, and don't want to give them. > > Anyone else using Skype and running into restrictions? > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
