Hmm you can try it wiht vnux. I don't use lynux so you are kind of on your own with this one but keep us posted. Sarah Alawami
If you need an edit done on a small project go to http://music.marrie.org/master.html for more info. If you need to contact me my info is below. MSN and AIM: [email protected] website: http://music.marrie.org Podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 On Apr 7, 2011, at 9:56 AM, Dominique wrote: > Ok, So this does work grate with Orca, then? > I should fire up Vinux now and see if I can grab it. > > I've got VMware player on this Netbook, and suprisingly it works! > grins! > take a little while to load, though. > I may just go grab Vinux latest and install it, I just grabbed a iso for > Vmware player, but watn to use the alt+Shift+CTRL key to exit, and not just > alt controll. > > > On 4/7/2011 10:11 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> This from skype garage blog. >> >> >> Today is the day. >> >> I'm glad to write to you about Skype 2.2 beta for Linux. The major new >> features of the Skype 2.2 for Linux are: >> >> Skype AccessSupport for call waiting and holdingImproved audio/video quality >> in callsWe recommend to all our Linux users to upgrade to this version. >> Start downloading it now. Though please remember that this is a beta >> version, which means that it has a few known glitches in. >> >> Please let us know what you think about this release by discussing matters >> on our forum - and in case anything unexpected should happen, please let us >> know by raising an issue report on our public issue tracker. >> >> The new features and improvements: >> >> Skype Access >> Skype Access is a nifty addition to Skype which lets you connect to paid >> WiFi hotspots around the globe easily and to pay for them with Skype >> credits. No need to hassle with credit cards or subscriptions - and you pay >> by minute, so you will pay for the time you actually use the service and you >> don't need to buy a voucher for a full hour in case you just want to make a >> 5 minute Skype call or send a few emails. >> >> Support for call waiting and holding >> Skype for Linux now supports call waiting and holding. It's especially good >> if you are hosting a conference calls and people are calling in. In addition >> we have also included a support for easy conference call hosting. >> >> Improved audio/video quality on calls >> We have updated the underlying libraries to the newest version available, >> which should enhance audio and video call quality and reliability. >> >> In addition to these bigger changes we have introduce numerous small >> improvements and bug fixes. >> >> The full release notes for Skype 2.2.0.25 are: >> >> Features: >> * feature: Skype Access. >> * feature: Support for call waiting and holding. >> * feature: Improved audio/video quality on calls. >> >> Improvements: >> >> >> CategoryDescription >> Account creation Improve advice on the account creation password error >> messages. >> Add contacts Add Search again button and make search user dialog more >> user-friendly. >> Calling Don't play ringing out sound on a conference call. >> Calling Easy Conference calling support via Skype links >> Calling Add a contact to call via drag and drop >> Contact list Add possibility to drag and drop multiple contacts to a contact >> group. >> Hotkeys Add "Full screen video" keyboard shortcut. >> Instant Messaging Add call button to chat window. >> Instant Messaging Improved quote message usability. >> Instant Messaging Add 'Last 6 Months' and 'Last Year' under chat history >> dropdown. >> Misc Quick online status changing possibility from tray icon. >> Options Support for multiple text sender IDs under SMS options. >> Options Add small label next to Sound Setup instructing users that >> PulseAudio settings are held outside of Skype. >> Profile Added start/stop Screen sharing button to contact card. >> Profile Add Last Seen item in profile viewer. >> Send contacts Add possibility to send contacts via drag and drop on the >> contact list. >> Video Dynamic update video devices list when it changes. >> Video Support for receiving differing aspect video correctly both in window >> and fullscreen >> Call Phones Country selector is now more user friendly. >> Instant Messaging Improved IM selection and copy functionality. >> Options Improved SMS sender number verification. >> UI rendering/generic issues Desktop setting style is now the default one for >> new clean profiles. >> UI rendering/generic issues Improve experience when using Oxygen style. >> >> Known issues: >> >> >> CategoryDescriptionWorkaround >> Installation Skype fails to be installed on Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 Visit >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/712377 for the suggested fix. >> General Logging out and then in, intermittently causes Skype to crash None >> available >> General On Debian amd64 version Skype crashes on startup with the message: >> "Inconsistency detected by ld.so: dl-open.c: 623: \_dl_open: Assertion >> `_dl_debug_initialize (0, args.nsid)->r_state == RT_CONSISTENT' failed\!" >> This seems to be Debian only issue with 32 bit PulseAudio libraries being >> installed even if PulseAudio is not active, a workaround can be: >> - Debian Lenny: sudo chmod a-r >> /usr/lib32/libpulse{-simple.so.0.0.1,.so.0.4.1} >> - Debian Squeeze: sudo chmod a-r >> /usr/lib32/libpulse{-simple.so.0.0.2,.so.0.8.0,common-0.9.15.so} >> General On some amd64 distributions avatars are not showing, this is a >> problem with 32-bits emulation Qt library. Qt tries to find its image format >> plugins, but finds a 64-bits version instead and fails to load it. A >> workaround is to specify a plugin path when launching skype like this: >> - Ubuntu 64 bit: install ""ia32-libs"" package and launch Skype with: >> QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/usr/lib32/qt4/plugins skype >> - Arch 64 bit (with 32 bit chroot installed in /opt/arch32): >> QT_PLUGIN_PATH=/opt/arch32/usr/lib/qt/plugins skype >> - Other distributions might have a different path. >> Options When PulseAudio is enabled in the audio settings, only that specific >> entry will be available. To change PulseAudio settings, use the PulseAudio >> manager tool that is bundled with your distribution. >> Video Your video capture might show seldomly green, scrambled or black >> image. Please install one additional package which might solve your problem: >> - Ubuntu 32 bit: install ""libv4l-0"" package and launch Skype with: >> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype >> - Ubuntu 64 bit: install ""lib32v4l-0"" package and launch Skype with: >> LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l2convert.so skype >> - Other distributions might have the same library, but may have a different >> path. >> Video Webcam problems when trying to send video from a Logitech camera >> and/or the error message 'Failed to query UVC control' in the console and >> syslog. Visit >> [http://www.quickcamteam.net/documentation/faq/logitech-webcam-linux-usb-incompatibilities] >> for the suggested fix. >> Video How to make video working on Logitech Quickcam Messenger >> [0x046d:0x08f0] Visit for suggested workarounds: >> - http://www.kuhrti.de/index.php/linux/logitech-quickcam-messenger-on-linux/ >> - >> http://www.kuhrti.de/index.php/article/logitech-quickcam-messenger-on-ubuntu-9-04/ >> >> Bugfixes: >> >> >> CategoryDescription >> Calls Call transfer did not work >> Calls Call windows showed sometimes undisclosed_pstn xxxx for caller. >> Calls Video was not restarted always when switching from screensharing to >> video. >> Calls Myself preview was not rendered if user did not have XVideo support. >> Calls Myself video was not displayed correctly after remote user stopped >> sending his/her own video under fullscreen. >> Calls Call window was not properly updated when call was autoanswered. >> Contact List SkypeOut contact would disappear from groups after renaming. >> Contact List Infrequent UI rendering issue when using quickfilter when >> contact groups were enabled. >> Crashes Crash when clicking Apply button in SMS/Call Forwarding tab on >> options. >> Crashes Crash when opening options while signing-in. >> Crashes Crash when adding an incoming call to conference. >> Events Pressing enter on a birthday event did not open an IM. >> Events Unwanted missed call event when declining incoming call. >> Events There were no default text for outgoing authorization requests. >> Events Incoming new chat event closed the myself and my services areas. >> Events Skype played a notification sound when message was received on active >> conversation. >> Events Open receiving directory option was incorrectly displayed for pending >> incoming file transfers. >> Events Sometimes authorization events were not cleared after clicking on >> them. >> Instant Messaging On some distributions mouse cursor did not change while >> hovering on top of chat links. >> Instant Messaging Returning from fullscreen didn't correctly resume video. >> Instant Messaging Chat participants text size was too narrow when a small >> system font was in use. >> Instant Messaging The date separator was missing on chat events. >> Instant Messaging Editing multiple messages concatenated them in edit box. >> Instant Messaging The conversation view scrolled when adding a person to a >> conversation. >> Instant Messaging Typing indicator was cropped when a small font is in use. >> Instant Messaging Instant Messages on group conversations were sometimes >> wrongly ordered when messages were delivered with a delay. >> Instant Messaging Edit and Remove message options were too close. >> Options Test video button was enabled even if there weren't any supported >> webcams connected. >> Options No video devices found error message was not displayed correctly. >> Options When changing a default directory for received files, Skype >> sometimes asked for permission to overwrite a file. >> Options Video preview froze when saving video options. >> Packages Fix dependencies list in SUSE and Fedora rpms. >> SMS SMS message cost was shown incorrectly after first SMS was sent. >> SMS Invalid numbers could lead to empty SMS windows. >> SMS SMS input area was not automatically cutting pasted text if it was too >> long. >> UI rendering/generic issues Some dialogs were not automatically closed on >> user signout. >> UI rendering/generic issues Contact card's label was wrongly set in some >> cases. >> UI rendering/generic issues Newly added contacts were not found by >> quickfilter. >> UI rendering/generic issues Skype showed 0 byte size for incoming files >> bigger than 2 GB. >> UI rendering/generic issues "More emails" button under edit own profile did >> not always work correctly. >> UI rendering/generic issues Invalid Phone number label error was displayed >> after opening Phone contact profile. >> UI rendering/generic issues Start conference call dialog was not closed when >> pressing escape. >> UI rendering/generic issues Show avatar' button was displayed on >> authorization dialog even if there was no avatar to show. >> UI rendering/generic issues Editing own profile window was sometimes too >> narrow to accommodate scrollbar. >> UI rendering/generic issues Sometimes incoming file transfer info was >> missing or inaccurate. >> UI rendering/generic issues Start call option on contact card was mising >> after being removed from a conference call. >> UI rendering/generic issues Auto-accept file sending did not work when >> transfer window was closed while user status was Do Not Disturb. >> Localization Order Countries and Languages list in a locale aware manner. >> Localization Echo123's language depends on own profile's language and not >> from UI's language. >> >> Updated languages: >> * Brazilian Portuguese (Fabio Roselet) >> * Bulgarian (Nikolay Filipov& Nikolina Filipova) >> * Estonian >> * European Portuguese (Francisco Miguel Ferreira) >> * French (Cédric Lamouche) >> * German (Claudius Henrichs) >> * Italian (Marco Cimmino) >> * Japanese >> * Korean >> * Latvian >> * Lithuanian (Viktoras Kriukovas) >> * Polish (Karol Szastok) >> * Romanian (Péter Henning& Monika Henning) >> * Russian (Pavel Shevchuk) >> * Simplified Chinese >> * Spanish >> * Thai >> * Traditional Chinese >> * Turkish (Ömer Emin Dede) >> * Ukrainian (Oleh Nykyforchyn) >> >> http://bit.ly/i4hkTz >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. >> >> to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email >> [email protected] >> >> To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> >> To contact the list owner send a message to >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >> link. >> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >> >> and for a searchable archives page go here. >> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >> >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> > > > -- > Dominique: > Site admin of Muztech Commmunity > http://muztechcommunity.com > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. > > to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email > [email protected] > > To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email [email protected] To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
