On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree with Ralf, a small VM with Windows or an Ubuntu/Mint/whatever > appliance solely for use with skype is probably a better use of your > time. It's a huge PITA to keep abi_x86_32 under control and not bloat, > whereas a VM only needs disk space (cheap as dirt) and apt-get once a > fortnight or so. >
A container would work just as well, and uses WAY less RAM (and disk as well). You could keep it running on your desktop all day for about the same resource cost as just running it normally. -- Rich
