GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide
by Graham Williams |
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Skype |
Skype is available for Ubuntu and works well. Version 2.1 (090912) needed an update of the pulse audio system to have the USB WebCam microphone available as an option. Once upgraded all was okay. This version of Skype remains 32bit and the 64bit package (for Ubuntu 8.10) actually uses 32bit executables.
Add these to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/themuso/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/themuso/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main |
Obtain the key for authentication:
$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys B88A1AA8 |
Then update the system:
wajig update wajig dist-upgrade |
Then Skype 2.1 should find all the devices.