Skype

What's new in Skype 6:

Microsoft and Facebook Account Integration - you can now sign into Skype using your Microsoft or Facebook account.
IM friends on Messenger - you can instant message your Windows Live Messenger, Hotmail and Outlook.com contacts via Skype.
Integration with Microsoft Outlook to allow initiation of a call or message from within Outlook.

Application Details:

Version:	6.x
License:	Free to use
URL:	http://www.skype.com
Votes:	0
Latest Rating:	Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested:	1.7.33

Maintainers: About Maintainership

Artem S. Tashkinov

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The login screen doesn't work (see bug http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28457 ), if you remove the files pertaining to the HTML login form Skype crashes on start up.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	Linux Mint 17.1 "Rebecca" x86-64	Dec 28 2014	1.7.33	Yes	Yes	No	Silver	an anonymous user
Show	CentOS 6.6	Nov 15 2014	1.7.31	Yes	Yes	No	Bronze	Artem S. Tashkinov
Show	Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Nov 15 2014	1.7.31	Yes	Yes	No	Bronze	an anonymous user
Show	Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	May 12 2014	1.7.18	Yes	No	No	Garbage	an anonymous user
Show	CentOS 6.3	Jul 03 2013	1.6-rc4	Yes	No	No	Garbage	Artem S. Tashkinov

Bug #	Description	Status	Resolution	Other apps affected
28457	Gecko incorrectly renders Skype's login page (affects Skype 5.5 and higher)	NEW		View

HowTo / Notes

Native version available

There is a native Linux version of Skype available at the official Skype website.

Also you can use Skype for a web browser.

Working with a Windows version of Skype in Wine

In default Wine 1.7.31 installation Skype 6.21.32.104 is more or less functional if you follow these instructions:

Modify Skype's lnk file and add /legacylogin parameter or you won't be able to login.
Before running Skype, run winecfg and set Windows version to 8.1.
After logging in, click View -> Compact View.
You may want to change Wine audio to ALSA if it's set to PulseAudio (some reports indicate that PA is not suitable for Skype).

Now you can use Skype.

If Skype crashes immediately on log in after trying to show unread messages or notifications, set its status to DND on another device.

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A comment from the author of the last submission
by Artem S. Tashkinov on Saturday November 15th 2014, 12:59

Good Evening!

I am writing about the test result I have submitted today about Skype. You asked me to specify Skype version, unfortunately, I did not find a way to edit my submission as I am a new user here. Could you please guide me how to do it? If that is not possible from my side then the version of Skype used by me was 6.22.81.104 but it should work on older and newer versions as well because of the bug fix in the latest release. I also managed to partially fix the audio. I needed to switch the Windows version to Vista/7/8.1 and run this before running skype:

alias wine='PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 wine'

Thank you in advance.

Tomasz Kuczak

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pulseaudio
by Quirin Pamp on Sunday September 21st 2014, 18:25

linux version requires pulseaudio which I absolutely do not want on my system (pulseaudio has a habit of breaking everything related to sound). Older skype for linux clients that did not require pulseaudio are prevented from connecting to the microsoft servers, so the linux version isn't an option for me.

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RE: pulseaudio
by juneau on Friday October 31st 2014, 16:53

Now you can use apulse instead PA. Anyway, group video conference still not supported.

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