Hello there! In the German Forum I dont get any answer, so I just try here. How far is the Development of Skype under Linux? Windows on V4 and Linux still on V2?? Come on, you gotta be kidding. On an answer I read in a forum I heard that linux and windows programming teams are working hand in hand, but it seems not to be.
So, when does a new Skype for Linux come out?
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Interesting how people got ignored ...
By looking at the frequency of update of the skype linux blog, I predict you might get an answer to your question around the end of May...
Oh well... I guess skype management is really not up to date on what Linux users expect from a software developement process. Hint: skype's current vista-pace is very much the opposite of what we want...
Oh well... I guess skype management is really not up to date on what Linux users expect from a software developement process. Hint: skype's current vista-pace is very much the opposite of what we want...
Exactly.
Since Skype is owned by Ebay the developement process is stuck to Windows / Mac only.
Possibility would be to make it OpenSource
But it won't happen.
Hopefully there will be an update soon. I'm sick of hearing my friends tell me how great the new Features of Skype 4 are. Well, most of them are complaining about the new Design
So long ...
Since Skype is owned by Ebay the developement process is stuck to Windows / Mac only.
Possibility would be to make it OpenSource
But it won't happen.Hopefully there will be an update soon. I'm sick of hearing my friends tell me how great the new Features of Skype 4 are. Well, most of them are complaining about the new Design
So long ...
Hello Guys,
I think there's more chance that Google will release Google Talk for Linux than having a newer version of Skype for linux.
Let's send email to google..
I think there's more chance that Google will release Google Talk for Linux than having a newer version of Skype for linux.
Let's send email to google..
Hi guys the latest on Linux devleopment is in the blog see : http://share.skype.com/sites/linux/
I suspect, going on past release cycles, that we might here something soon.
I suspect, going on past release cycles, that we might here something soon.
I guess new Skype for Linux is like an unicorn. It would be a miracle to see it 
There are a few notable things about Skype for Linux development:
There are quite a number of ways to bring software to multiple platforms (such as Windows, MacOS and Linux):
First of all, you can use cross-platform languages and toolkits such as Java, GTK+, Qt or even .NET, that usually allow you to compile and run even complex software like Skype with very few platform-specific modifications on every platform the tooltik/language supports. As a pro, this approach can produce applications that look and feel almost identical on all supported platforms, as a con, this means delegating some control over the application to the underlying framework and it works best if it was planned ahead. Obviously, Skype does not do this.
The other approach would be to keep the platform-independent code (in Skype: the protcol core) as small as possible and building several, independent platform-specific applications around it. This is usually chosen if the initial application used to be platform-dependent and was deemed too costly to redesign using a cross-platform approach. With this approach, a lot of effort is duplicated as the different dev teams struggle for feature parity. This is obviously the case with Skype, as can be observed by just the looks of the different versions. Ironically, the Linux version uses Qt4 and could, in theory, be ported to Windows if it does not contain too many "hacks" (that is: platform-specific code that breaks on non-linux systems).
As a sidenote, I even think the different Skype versions use different programming languages, as the Windows version was initially written in Delphi and the Mac and Linux versions probably use C/C++.
This, of course, explains the different version numbers, and it should be safe to assume that this is one of the major limiting factors in the Skype For Linux developement...
There are quite a number of ways to bring software to multiple platforms (such as Windows, MacOS and Linux):
First of all, you can use cross-platform languages and toolkits such as Java, GTK+, Qt or even .NET, that usually allow you to compile and run even complex software like Skype with very few platform-specific modifications on every platform the tooltik/language supports. As a pro, this approach can produce applications that look and feel almost identical on all supported platforms, as a con, this means delegating some control over the application to the underlying framework and it works best if it was planned ahead. Obviously, Skype does not do this.
The other approach would be to keep the platform-independent code (in Skype: the protcol core) as small as possible and building several, independent platform-specific applications around it. This is usually chosen if the initial application used to be platform-dependent and was deemed too costly to redesign using a cross-platform approach. With this approach, a lot of effort is duplicated as the different dev teams struggle for feature parity. This is obviously the case with Skype, as can be observed by just the looks of the different versions. Ironically, the Linux version uses Qt4 and could, in theory, be ported to Windows if it does not contain too many "hacks" (that is: platform-specific code that breaks on non-linux systems).
As a sidenote, I even think the different Skype versions use different programming languages, as the Windows version was initially written in Delphi and the Mac and Linux versions probably use C/C++.
This, of course, explains the different version numbers, and it should be safe to assume that this is one of the major limiting factors in the Skype For Linux developement...
I started using internet phone stuff back with net2phone in the old days, jumped to skype when i was using windows, so it was quite a while ago. I quite using skype until they brought out a decent linux port a few years back, but i'm ready to leave them again.
Take a look at the distro supported list on the download page: Fedora 7 and 8?
Ubuntu 7.04-8.04? q\and everything else is equally dated. They obviously can't give a rats pitooey about linux people, certainly not enough to have someone keep anything up to date: not even the distro list????
Folks, SIP phones are rapidly getting as good as Skype 2.o, if that's all they'll give us then we can jump without suffering too much. Frankly, i'll give 'em a few months more to iron out and show some caring, but since they seem to be wrapped up in getting passed off to another company (from eBay to a spin-off) i wouldn't expect them to pay us the least little interest.
Take a look at the distro supported list on the download page: Fedora 7 and 8?
Ubuntu 7.04-8.04? q\and everything else is equally dated. They obviously can't give a rats pitooey about linux people, certainly not enough to have someone keep anything up to date: not even the distro list????
Folks, SIP phones are rapidly getting as good as Skype 2.o, if that's all they'll give us then we can jump without suffering too much. Frankly, i'll give 'em a few months more to iron out and show some caring, but since they seem to be wrapped up in getting passed off to another company (from eBay to a spin-off) i wouldn't expect them to pay us the least little interest.
It seems Skype is a dying.
Skype for windows became completely bloated, while Linux still has 2.0 , but no PulseAudio support...
it becomes a less-universal, unlinke before.. dying ?
Skype for windows became completely bloated, while Linux still has 2.0 , but no PulseAudio support...
it becomes a less-universal, unlinke before.. dying ?
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