Hello,
While we are @skype, I want to offtopic this :
I heard that on windows you can play chess via Skype.
I wonder: did anybody tried it successfully on Linux ?
(and forgive me for this off-topic interrupt)
Rgs,
DS
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Noam Rathaus no...@beyondsecurity.com
Skype extras (plugins) are AFAIK platform specific.
While skype for linux does support them, from what I see on their
site, the list for linux is pretty lame:
https://extras.skype.com/categories/19/good
From looking at the source of one of them, they seem to be written in
C++ using Qt, which
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:45:18PM +0300, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote:
And you're correct here, but the obfuscation was done by the compiler,
not the programmer. Standard C++ name mangling, something about
QAction and QObject. There is a nifty utility to undo the mangling and
give you the function's
Tuesday 29 June 2004 17:23,Ilya Konstantinov:
1. You having an old version of Qt.
Solution: Upgrade your Qt to the version which Skype claims it requires.
2. You having a version of Qt compiled with an old compiler (g++
pre-3.0). You can find it out by doing:
objdump -T
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:51:43PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Why not just run it through strace and find out?
A curious thing -- trying to run 'strace ./skype' works, while trying
to attach to a running Skype fails (Permission denied). I assume it's
an strace bug, though; not an
Ilya Konstantinov wrote:
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 10:51:43PM +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Why not just run it through strace and find out?
A curious thing -- trying to run 'strace ./skype' works, while trying
to attach to a running Skype fails (Permission denied). I assume it's
an strace
Hello, fellow Penguins,
It seems there's a Skype Beta for Linux.
I used the RPM version, and it is my understanding the source isn't included.
Would you think it is safe to use?
Thanks,
Reff:
http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/1,7340,2935424,00.html
http://www.skype.com/download_linux.html
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 02:10:32PM +0300, Amichai Rotman wrote:
Hello, fellow Penguins,
It seems there's a Skype Beta for Linux.
I used the RPM version, and it is my understanding the source isn't included.
Would you think it is safe to use?
Thanks,
It would probably be as safe
On Wednesday 23 June 2004 16:17, Micha Feigin wrote:
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MF It would probably be as safe as the windows versions. There is
MF supposedly no spyware in there but there is no way tell (actually you
MF could try listening in but I doubt you would recognize bad traffic from
MF good one).
One
Vasiliev Michael wrote:
On Wednesday 23 June 2004 16:17, Micha Feigin wrote:
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MF It would probably be as safe as the windows versions. There is
MF supposedly no spyware in there but there is no way tell (actually you
MF could try listening in but I doubt you would recognize bad traffic
On Wednesday 23 June 2004 22:51, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
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SS Why not just run it through strace and find out?
Sure, it is in my to-do list, only as soon as it won't crash in my hands right
away, and will run for at least through configuring stage. So far, I am lucky
enough to hit the
Skype for Linux was released today, :)
http://skype.com/download_linux.html
Enjoy
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Here it works.
I am available as elcuco or cuco. Funny I cannot find my self.
Monday 21 June 2004 15:46,Kfir Lavi:
Noam L. wrote:
Skype for Linux was released today, :)
http://skype.com/download_linux.html
Enjoy
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Tried it and it crashes. I'm useing
Here, on my FC1, it cries:
skype: relocation error: skype: undefined symbol: _ZN7QActionC1EP7QObjectPKc
and returns 127.
Any idea why?
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 07:29:08PM +, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
Here it works.
I am available as elcuco or cuco. Funny I cannot find my self.
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On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 06:46:21PM +0300, Kfir Lavi wrote:
Noam L. wrote:
Skype for Linux was released today, :)
http://skype.com/download_linux.html
Enjoy
--
Regards,
Noam L.
Tried it and it crashes. I'm useing Debian Sid.
Kfir
Just tried it also on debian sid and it runs fine
Quoting Dan Kenigsberg, from the post of Mon, 21 Jun:
Here, on my FC1, it cries:
skype: relocation error: skype: undefined symbol: _ZN7QActionC1EP7QObjectPKc
and returns 127.
Any idea why?
I'd say search in the source but I'm guessing you can't get much
further than strace with
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:21:05PM +0300, Ira Abramov wrote:
Quoting Dan Kenigsberg, from the post of Mon, 21 Jun:
Here, on my FC1, it cries:
skype: relocation error: skype: undefined symbol: _ZN7QActionC1EP7QObjectPKc
and returns 127.
Any idea why?
I'd say search in the
Ira Abramov wrote:
Quoting Dan Kenigsberg, from the post of Mon, 21 Jun:
Here, on my FC1, it cries:
skype: relocation error: skype: undefined symbol: _ZN7QActionC1EP7QObjectPKc
and returns 127.
Any idea why?
I'd say search in the source but I'm guessing you can't get much
further than strace with
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 08:28:52PM +0300, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
Here, on my FC1, it cries:
skype: relocation error: skype: undefined symbol: _ZN7QActionC1EP7QObjectPKc
and returns 127.
Any idea why?
Don't know qt but the symbol looks like a QT problem. What version of
the qt libraries
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:53:47PM +0300, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:21:05PM +0300, Ira Abramov wrote:
Quoting Dan Kenigsberg, from the post of Mon, 21 Jun:
Here, on my FC1, it cries:
skype: relocation error: skype: undefined symbol:
Quoting Ilya Konstantinov, from the post of Fri, 21 May:
On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 10:23:25PM +0200, Tzahi Fadida wrote:
No one forces you to use it.
Unless all your friends use it, including the Linux-using ones. Then it
prohibits you from communicating with the world.
when the need becomes
Wednesday 19 May 2004 1:26 pm,Micha Feigin:
I don't think gaim has video conferencing support yet.
does not.
The only free linux solution I know of is gnomemeeting/ohphone which
can connect to netmeeting on windows (it exists under W2K although you
need to activate it as its not in the
On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 11:18:56AM +, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
Wednesday 19 May 2004 1:26 pm,Micha Feigin:
I don't think gaim has video conferencing support yet.
does not.
The only free linux solution I know of is gnomemeeting/ohphone which
can connect to netmeeting on windows
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 04:12:26PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
Considering they will have to start making money somehow at some point
in order to keep from going under (it looks like the company is going
after profit and not fun) they will have to add extra features for pay
(such as answering
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On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 04:12:26PM +0300, Micha Feigin wrote:
Considering they will have to start making money somehow at some point
in order to keep from going under (it looks like the company is going
after profit and not fun) they will have
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From: Tzahi Fadida [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
there are numerous others that can do the same. the only
difference of skype
to others is that
if you are in some office or some isp that don't provide a
real ip(which is
not really done anymore
since no one will
On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 10:23:25PM +0200, Tzahi Fadida wrote:
No one forces you to use it.
Unless all your friends use it, including the Linux-using ones. Then it
prohibits you from communicating with the world.
Skype is not a router it makes use of the application layer.
You can write your
with the worms/viruses etc but
must have program X which doen't work on Linux.
I feel that the proprietory model will not die or for that matter closed
source software. What can change it there support and attitude. This
happens when they start competing with linux software.
BTW Skype does run
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 01:15:05 +, Diego Iastrubni [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
and yet, I have not decent way to talk with my family abroad using linux/free
tools.
Any ideas?
You can try http://speak-freely.sourceforge.net/ .
I used it several
On Wednesday 19 May 2004 12:59, Ehud Karni wrote:
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On Wed, 19 May 2004 01:15:05 +, Diego Iastrubni [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
and yet, I have not decent way to talk with my family abroad using
linux/free tools.
Any ideas?
You can try
Ilya Konstantinov wrote:
Something tells me Skype for Linux is not going to be Hofshi in any
way... (judging from their statements on their beloved proprietary
protocol)
That dosen't worry me at all. What worries me is the license and the
technology.
In order to get it to work at all
Aaron wrote:
About $20 unlimited phoning. (sorry my mailer ate your original message).
There are two competing companies vor VoIP to telephone service in the
U.S.
Packet8 is the cheaper they are $20 a month. You place a propritary box on
your network and connect a phone to it. You can then call
weeks. I will advise when it is done and can be
downloaded. Thanks for your patience.
Something tells me Skype for Linux is not going to be Hofshi in any
way... (judging from their statements on their beloved proprietary
protocol)
If it's indeed going to be so, I hope you guys won't fall
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 01:15:05AM +, Diego Iastrubni wrote:
Tuesday 18 May 2004 9:51 pm,Ilya Konstantinov:
Besides, if their version would have sucky Hebrew support, you couldn't
fix it. If it wouldn't have ALSA support, you couldn't fix it. You'd be
at their mercy, since by then
On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 16:26, Micha Feigin wrote:
I don't think gaim has video conferencing support yet.
Actually there is a fork of gaim called gaim-vv
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim-vv).
It suppose to add video conferencing support to gaim.
Eran
On Wed, May 19, 2004, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote about Re: Fwd: FW: Skype for Linux:
Packet8 is the cheaper they are $20 a month. You place a propritary box on
your network and connect a phone to it. You can then call the U.S. or Canada
for no incremental cost over the $20 a month.
I wonder
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
Aaron wrote:
About $20 unlimited phoning. (sorry my mailer ate your original message).
There are two competing companies vor VoIP to telephone service in the
U.S.
You are assuming people only want to call the US. But there are other
countries I want
to call to
YOur most probably right, I never bought into this so it I never gave it
much thought.
Aaron
On ד', 2004-05-19 at 17:23, Nadav Har'El wrote:
On Wed, May 19, 2004, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote about Re: Fwd: FW: Skype for
Linux:
Packet8 is the cheaper they are $20 a month. You place
-Original Message-
From: Diego Iastrubni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:15 AM
To: Ilya Konstantinov; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Linux-IL
Subject: Re: Fwd: FW: Skype for Linux
and yet, I have not decent way to talk with my family abroad
using linux/free
Hi,
A while back, I submitted a request for a Linux version of Skype. Here's the
answer I got today. Notice that you can click on a link to add support for
this request, although I have no idea if this will speed up the process. FYI
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Please Shlomo, post when its available.
Tuesday 18 May 2004 4:01 pm,Shlomo Solomon:
Hi,
A while back, I submitted a request for a Linux version of Skype. Here's
the answer I got today. Notice that you can click on a link to add support
for this request, although I have no idea
for your patience.
Something tells me Skype for Linux is not going to be Hofshi in any
way... (judging from their statements on their beloved proprietary
protocol)
If it's indeed going to be so, I hope you guys won't fall into the
convenience trap. Sure, there is other closed software many of you
Tuesday 18 May 2004 9:51 pm,Ilya Konstantinov:
Besides, if their version would have sucky Hebrew support, you couldn't
fix it. If it wouldn't have ALSA support, you couldn't fix it. You'd be
at their mercy, since by then all your buddies use Skype to chat.
and yet, I have not decent way to
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