Download Skype for Linux 2.0.0.68

A few days ago a new stable 2.0 release of the voip program Skype for Linux appeared. This brought the version number to 2.0.0.68 and downloads for the various Linux distributions can be found at this page are being found. Since version 2.0, the webcam can finally be used on Linux and support for Universal Plug and Play has been added in this release, which is especially useful for users behind a wetrouter should provide improvements. The full changelog for this release is as follows:

New feature:

• Support for uPnP

Bug 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

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