Application Details:
Version: | 3.6.X |
License: | Retail |
URL: | http://www.skype.com |
Votes: | Marked as obsolete |
Latest Rating: | Silver |
Latest Wine Version Tested: | 1.1.13 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
-Install
-Text Chatting
-File transfers
What does not
-Running for more than ~5 minutes
Workarounds
What was not tested
-Voice calls
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
I gave it a bronze because the application is usable. Granted it crashes after running for 5 minutes.
Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
Show | Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jan 26 2009 | 1.1.13 | Yes | Yes | Silver | an anonymous user | ||
Current | Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Mar 26 2008 | 0.9.58. | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Jon | ||
Show | Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Mar 01 2008 | 0.9.55. | Yes | Yes | Garbage | Jon |
To fix the problem of Skype crashing every 5 minutes:
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by sphericalhorse on Sunday April 14th 2013, 17:10
by Artem S. Tashkinov on Sunday April 14th 2013, 19:31
Skype 3.8 doesn't work in Wine.
Use native Skype.