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I would suggest

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After full 6 hours tiresome

Deniel | ecommerce web hosting — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:17:05 -0500

After full 6 hours tiresome effort, I was failed to run Skype properly. I think it is very difficult to make something work on Linux if it wouldn't work properly. Anyways, I dropped the effort. Perhaps I should follow your article to make it work.

And in the end, isn't the

nevada bankruptcy lawyer — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:04:26 -0500

And in the end, isn't the auto update worth the one-time extra hassle of more detailed instructions?

Yes, could have probably got

elliot — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 04:12:48 -0600

Yes, could have probably got the Skype package if I followed the instructions to get it to work. However, using Medibuntu means I can automatically update via apt-get.

Just downloaid Skype from Skype.com!

janmartin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:43:13 -0600

Hi all,

I am on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 too.
Don't really get your problems.
I just downloaded Skype from skype.com, installed it and it works without any sound problems.
For recording I use the free Linux ( Ubuntu ) program Skype call recorder ( http://atdot.ch/scr/ ), which does an excellent job.

To be very true, It is not

horoscope 2009 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:18:12 -0600

To be very true, It is not an easy task to implement all windows utils with UBUNTU or any other Linux distro. I had some big problems with my previous UBUNTU Install but I love Linux. It is just like my passion so I hope that someday I'll keep everything running.

Skype user-friendly

Ratgeber Gesundheit — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:56:10 -0600

I think Skype is user-friendly. Does it matter if it is installed using different software? Just like what you wrote. I'm just curious.

Skype having errors

Gadget — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:12:51 -0600

I read in an article that skype is not taking feedback to fix its major problems for windows pc and windows mobiles!

At least you got it working

Jo Mikan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:19:09 -0600

I heard on Windows Weekly that Skype didn't work on Windows 7 LOL

Skype on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10

elliot — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:27:48 -0600

I upgraded my laptop just before Christmas, but unfortunately couldn't get Skype working easily.

First off, I tried the packages for Ubuntu provided by Skype, but I couldn't get them to work. Instead, I used the Medibuntu Skype package. To use these, you just add a couple of repositories to your apt sources: see this page for details.

These worked, kind of: Skype started, but the audio capture didn't work. I found this article, which suggests a fix, by turning off pulseaudio (the default, poorly-configured sound server for Intrepid).

But this didn't seem to completely solve my issues, as Skype kept hanging when you tried to close it down.

So, instead, I followed these longer but more comprehensive instructions, which leave pulseaudio turned on, but fix its configuration. They seem to have done the trick.