Microsoft Releases Skype As a Snap For Linux (betanews.com)

BrianFagioli writes: While Microsoft has long been viewed as an enemy of the Linux community -- and it still is by some -- the company has actually transformed into an open source champion. One of Microsoft's biggest Linux contributions, however, is Skype -- the wildly popular communication software. By offering that program to desktop Linux users, Microsoft enables them to easily communicate with friends and family that aren't on Linux, thanks to its cross-platform support. Today, Microsoft further embraces Linux by releasing Skype as a Snap. This comes after two other very popular apps became available in Snap form -- Spotify and Slack.

"Skype is used by millions of users globally to make free video and voice calls, send files, video and instant messages and to share both special occasions and everyday moments with the people who matter most. Skype has turned to snaps to ensure its users on Linux, are automatically delivered to its latest versionupon release. And with snaps' roll-back feature, whereby applications can revert back to the previous working version in the event of a bug, Skype's developers can ensure a seamless user experience," says Canonical.

Comments

Microsoft is a Hindu Shitnerd Company

[Anonymous Coward]

"Snaps" are faggot technology developed by jewish millennials. Instead of building useful things (or simply nothing at all) the nervous jewish nerds "invent" stupid thhings and pretend to be VERY BUSY, when all they are doing is satisfying their autistic nerd fetish to fidget with some toy in the corner.

Other stupid jewish ideas:

- Javascript "frameworks" (excuse to play with javascript)
- Rust (pretend to be a programmer)
- Ruby on Training Wheels
- Feminism
- Diversity
- etc

Re:A shitty replacement for static linking?

[Khyber]

"Static linking hides important information like library versions which may be important."

Good, one less known avenue to exploit. Can't attack the libraries very effectively if you don't know which ones and which versions are being used.

"When you static link, you lose those benefits - for what? Just to have one file?"

Exactly that. Fuck your disorganized directory structures caused by dynamic linking and putting shit all over the system and fucking up my organizational patterns. It's that bullshit which kills most of my actual productivity. Are you so goddamned sloppy as to need to have your shit scattered all over hell and back? I wonder what your fucking house looks like if that's how you prefer your computer systems.