Skype 2.0 Beta for Linux: Great Social(ist) Revolution
Posted by berkus, Wed Nov 07 17:14:00 UTC 2007, in
A great time is upon us. A time of change. A time of revolution.
In the past, we have struggled in a world of glass panes and fruits. Forbidden from seeing the world around us. Denied the possibility of showing who we are. But today, our eyes open. We are not afraid to see, and we are not afraid to show ourselves.
Indeed this is a time of excitement, but it’s also a time where we can share our happiness, our sadness, our anger and our love, for video has arrived to Skype for Linux.
This release is not just a revolution for us in Linux, but a revolution for the Skype world at large. No longer are we, the people of Linux - the workers of the world, prevented from socialising in the same way as our peers.
So join us in this revolution, join us by downloading Skype 2.0 Beta for Linux today.
Read on for less of my speech and more technical information about this release.
ps/ This post is courtesy of Andy, and today is 7th of November if you haven’t noticed yet.
pps/ Just a bit of known issues with video stuff:
- Using uvc webcam driver with new Logitech cameras can cause a split video effect which does not recover until you restart video. [this is fixed in internal versions]
- Using uvc webcam driver with ATi fglrx graphics card driver results in a memory leak and potential crash currently. [this is fixed in internal versions]
- gspca webcam driver can crash sometimes during webcam initialisation (which can also happen during the call).
- Using a display driver with only a single Xv port means you can only see video in one direction currently.
- Using a display driver with no Xv support will not work at all.
- ATi fglrx driver versions before 8.42.3 may crash your X server and lock up video during the call.
- ATi fglrx driver version 8.42.3 may crash your X server and lock up video at the beginning of the call.
