Skype 4.0 For Linux Now Available

An anonymous reader writes "Anyone who uses Skype on Linux will be happy to hear that a new version has been made available today, bringing with it a host of essential updates and new features. Skype 4.0, codenamed "Four Rooms for Improvement," is long overdue, and Marco Cimmino makes a point of thanking Linux users for their patience on the Skype blog. The main improvements Skype is delivering include much improved audio call quality, better video support, and improved chat synchronization. For video specifically, Skype has spent time implementing support for a much wider range of webcams, so if your camera didn't work before today you might be surprised to find it does in Skype 4.0. Visually, Skype has received a new Conversations View, which brings all chats into a single, unified window (you can revert to the old view if you prefer). There's also a new Call View, presence and emoticons have been redesigned, and you can now store and view numbers within each Skype profile."

Comments

Re:Too late, but hey, thanks for trying Microsoft

[Guspaz]

Best avoid the Linux kernel, then; there's Microsoft code in it.

Re:Too late, but hey, thanks for trying Microsoft

[Trogre]

As another person dissatisfied with Skype, could you please take a bit of time to describe what other solutions you are using?

Inquiring minds want to know.

Thanks.

Re:Too late, but hey, thanks for trying Microsoft

[ozmanjusri]

Turns out Microsoft is really interested in your conversation with your grandma.

Possibly not. But they would be interested in cooperating with governments for this sort of behaviour.

In 2001, the Australian government refused permission for the Norwegian ship MV Tampa to enter Australian waters because it was carrying 400 refugees who had been rescued from a sinking boat. Prime Minister John Howard sent Australian special forces to board the ship and prevent the refugees from being disembarked.

This created a major controversy in the run up to a general election.

Years later, the inspector general of Intelligence and Security found that in addition to the "extensive-and legal-surveillance of communications" to and from the Tampa, the government used illegal phone taps to monitor the communications between the lawyer for the shipping line and his clients.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_affair