Skype application uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to provide voice-based communication with other Internet users.
The technology is extremely advanced, but easy to use. It features excellent sound quality, end-to-end encryption, and automatic negotiation of firewalls or routers.
Here are some key features of "Skype":
· Free unlimited worldwide phone calls to other Skype users
· Superior sound quality
· Works with all firewall, NAT and routers – nothing to configure!
· Friends list shows you when your Skype friends are online and ready to talk or chat
· Super-simple and easy to use
· Your calls are encrypted “end-to-end” in order to safeguard your privacy
· Based on cutting edge peer-to-peer technology developed by the creators of Kazaa and Joltid
Requirements:
·
Qt 4.2.1+
· D-Bus 1.0.0
·
libsigc++ 2.0.2
· libasound2 1.0.12
What's New in This Release:
New feature:
· Support for uPnP
Bugs fixed:
· Skype crashed for upgraders from 1.3 who had autologin enabled
· Skype crashed when adding user who had auto-sending of video enabled to conference call
Known Issues
· 64-bit users may need to upgrade their gspca or uvc drivers if their webcam is not being detected by Skype.
· uvc users should upgrade to revision 166 or later of this driver if they are having issues with Skype.
· Non-accelerated X11 output currently doesn't scale video output. This means that in full-screen, the video will be smaller than the available screen size. And similarly, in video preview, you will only see a cropped section of the actual video window.
· Contact Groups are currently not yet implemented.
· fglrx (ATi graphics) users should be running 8.40.x or later drivers
