VoIP on Linux 1.4 with Skype!
October 9, 2007 by Jerome Locson
Filed under Computers
Yup! You read it right. Skype for Linux for your VoIP solutions. Skype released this new production under codename Panacea and according to their blog, “Why Panacea? Because Panacea is a goddess of cures in Greek mythology, she was the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine, and the granddaughter of Apollo, god of healing. You can read more about Panacea on Wikipedia.”
What’s the difference from its predecessor release of Skype Linux 1.3? Well, Skype for Linux 1.4 delivers a superior voice call quality in comparison. And with all the user feedbacks, new features also has been rolled out with this new production. To see more about its new features, visit them at this Share Skype site.
To give it a test drive, download at http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/
But wait, consider to read this minimum requirements before installing it:
Hardware requirements
* 400 Mhz processor or faster.
* 256 MB RAM.
* 20 MB free disk space on your hard drive.
* Microphone and speakers or headset.
* Internet connection (broadband is best, GPRS is not supported for voice calls, and results may vary on a satellite connection). .
Software requirements
* Qt 4.2.1+
* D-Bus 1.0.0
* libsigc++ 2.0.2
* libasound2 1.0.12
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] Yup! You read it right. Skype for Linux for your VoIP solutions. Skype released this new production under codename Panacea and according to their blog, “Why Panacea? Because Panacea is a goddess of cures in Greek mythology, she was the daughter of Asclepius, god of medicine, and the granddaughter of Apollo, god of healing. You can read more about Panacea on Wikipedia.” What’s the difference from its predecessor release of Skype Linux 1.3? Well, Skype for Linux 1.4 delivers a superior voice call quality in comparison. And with all the user feedbacks, new features also has been rolled out with this new production. To see more about its new features, visit them at this Share Skype site. To give it a test drive, download at http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/linux/ But wait, consider to read this minimum requirements before installing it: Hardware requirements * 400 Mhz processor or faster. * 256 MB RAM. * 20 MB free disk space on your hard drive. * Microphone and speakers or headset. * Internet connection (broadband is best, GPRS is not supported for voice calls, and results may vary on a satellite connection). . Software requirements * Qt 4.2.1+ * D-Bus 1.0.0 * libsigc++ 2.0.2 * libasound2 1.0.12 Share This [...]