Skype

Adds public chat, website ph # links, mood message links.

Application Details:

Version:	3.0.X
License:	Retail
URL:	http://www.skype.com
Votes:	Marked as obsolete
Latest Rating:	Garbage
Latest Wine Version Tested:	1.1.32

Maintainers: About Maintainership

Artem S. Tashkinov

Test Results

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Selected Test Results

What works

Chatting, file sends, profile browsing, user search, single and multiple user conference works flawlessly.

What does not

Avatars does not show, experienced a crash when loading Skypecast page, due to some problems with mshtml.dll, probably nothing serious.

Workarounds

What was not tested

Webcam

Hardware tested

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Driver:

Additional Comments

I'm using Skype 3.0.0.218 as a substitute for the old linux native version with no particular problems. The speed is very close as running it in Windows. It has minor rendering bugs, like icons not rendered correctly and avatars not shown.

selected in Test Results table below

	Operating system	Test date	Wine version	Installs?	Runs?	Used Workaround?	Rating	Submitter
Show	Fedora 12	Nov 29 2009	1.1.32	Yes	Yes		Garbage	an anonymous user
Current	Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	Jun 03 2009	1.1.22	Yes	Yes		Silver	an anonymous user
Show	Arch Linux	May 11 2007	0.9.36.	Yes	Yes		Bronze	an anonymous user
Show	Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	May 10 2007	0.9.36.	Yes	Yes		Silver	an anonymous user
Show	Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu)	May 04 2007	0.9.36.	Yes	Yes		Silver	an anonymous user

Known Bugs

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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.

HOWTO

HOWTO Skype 3 with Wine

1. Install Wine 0.9.29 (verified) and begin with a fresh ~./wine directory.

2. Install Skype 3.0.0.198 (verified) from http://www.skype.com and the SkypeSetup.exe file. The installer should run flawlessly.

3. Run #winecfg and select Windows 98 mode for Skype.exe if it's not already done. You may use the ALSA sound driver with this program, however OSS will work just as well. Select native support for shdocvw.dll and shlwapi.dll. More information on this can be found here.

4. Use Skype!

Known Bugs:

- WinXP/2000 Mode crashes the client
- Win98 Mode crashes without native shdocvw and shlwapi
- Initially, placing a call will cause DSound buffering problems and will stutter for the first few seconds
- aRts sound driver does not work properly
- ESD sound driver does not work properly

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