<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3522" dir="ltr">I don't normally use Skype but I have along lost friend who wanted to use it to communicate with me.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3553"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3589">The version available on the download section of the Skype web site is for Ubuntu 12 - so is way out of date and I didn't feel inclined to install it.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3639"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3640">However, I can across this</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3642"><a href="https://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-for-Linux-Alpha-and-calling-on-Chrome-amp-Chromebooks/td-p/4434299" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3641">https://community.skype.com/t5/Linux/Skype-for-Linux-Alpha-and-calling-on-Chrome-amp-Chromebooks/td-p/4434299</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3643"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3645">or</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3631"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6eq7dv" class="enhancr2_a97011a7-0bd0-4e87-ab72-43fd337bdf17" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3630">Skype for Linux Alpha and calling on Chrome & Chromebooks</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3646"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_a97011a7-0bd0-4e87-ab72-43fd337bdf17" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" data-url="http://tinyurl.com/z6eq7dv" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr" contenteditable="false"> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/z6eq7dv" style="text-decoration:none !important; 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line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3853">Skype for Linux Alpha and calling on Chrome & Chromebooks</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;">We want to make it easy for anyone to connect on Skype. Today, we’re pleased to announce the launch of the Alpha...</div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3667"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3668">So far I've not tried receiving video, only sending, but everything else works just fine. It was very easy to install - no problems at all with the Debian edition running on LinuxMint 17.3 Cinnamon. You'll see that there is an rpm version as well.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3700"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1486588215586_3717">Brian<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></body></html>