On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Eero Volotinen wrote:
> To: CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx>
> From: Eero Volotinen <eero.volotinen@xxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: RFC: video call recommendations
>
> 2011/3/2 <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> I run CentOS at home, not just at work... Anyway, I've got a friend in
>> Chicago who recently mentioned that they'd like to do videocalling. Now,
>> I've heard of skype, but a quick google says there's some problems on
>> Linux. I also see ekiga, and aMSN.
I'm running Skype on Centos 5.5 OK without any problems :)
skype_static-2.1.0.81.tar.bz2
Which you can get from here:
http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/post-download/
Click on the 'Static' version below OpenSuse 11+ to download
the tar.bz2 file.
This is just a compressed static executable skype binary,
with supporting files, so it does not affect the RPM
package database.
Unpack the bz2 file, and follow the installation
instructions under:
/skype_static-2.1.0.81/README
I had to modify the path to the Skype icon in the
/usr/share/applications/skype.desktop file, so XFCE4 can
find Skype's application icon:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Skype
Comment=Skype Internet Telephony
Exec=skype
Icon=/usr/share/skype/avatars/Skype.png
Terminal=0
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Network;Application;
Under XFCE4 desktop, Skype can be found at:
Xfce Menu->Network->Skype
HTH
Keith
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