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
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
Graphics:
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.
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 |
Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
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: