Skype 1.6 Alpha is Avaiable For Ubuntu Derivatives
How to Install Skype 1.6 Alpha Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04
Skype is a free and cross-platform application that provides users with a modern Internet telephony and instant messaging application based on the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology. It is available on Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS operating systems.
Features at a glance
The application offers free and unlimited worldwide Internet calls with other Skype users, an easy to use and simple graphical user interface, support for native notifications, SMS (Short Message Service) support, as well as support for prepaid phone calls.
Among other features, we can mention superior sound quality over similar products, out-of-the-box support for routers, firewalls and NAT (Network Address Translation) without requiring users to configure their network.
In addition, the program supports end-to-end encryption for improved privacy, and it’s based on the modern P2P (Peer-to-peer) technology developed by the same team that created the well known Kazaa and Joltid applications.
It’s also possible to enable the SMS functionality from the Options dialog, as well as call forwarding and voice messages. In addition, you will be able to configure your microphone, speaker and webcam devices, manage blocked people and public APIs.
What's new in Skype 1.6 Alpha
- Added the ability to paste files from clipboard
- Added settings for emoticons (Under the Messaging section of Settings)
- Fixed message quoting
- Added the option to unpin Favorites from Recent conversations
- Names of group chats aren't automatically converted to lowercase after editing
- Several under-the-hood stability improvements
How to Install Skype 1.6 Alpha on Ubuntu / Linux Mint using Script :
To Install Skype 1.6 Alpha on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.3 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:
Download Deb package :
wget https://repo.skype.com/deb/pool/main/s/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux_1.6.0.3_amd64.deb
Install deb package :
sudo dpkg -i skypeforlinux_1.6.0.3_amd64.deb
After installation is finished, search on ubuntu Dashboard, like this :
