On Tuesday 24 October 2006 20:08, Frank Bax wrote:

At 03:35 PM 10/24/06, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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From reading the list, I thought that SKYPE was supported in Linux. I've just been to their download site, and it only seems to support Mac and Windows. Comments or help welcome. (My Windows machine just broke--it's electrical, not MS--hard drive not found.)

Search google for "Skype Linux" and click "I'm feeling lucky".

http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/

I guess I'm too stupid to use this system. I went to the URL and supposedly downloaded the file, which said it went to tmp/kde-doug/konqueror/Ss5eYb.3.0.53 but I can't find anything there, and neither can YAST. Just in case that first S was a 5, I tried it both ways. I would really go to school for this if there was one not too far away, but I have looked. --doug

* Doug McGarrett [10-24-06 20:39]:

I guess I'm too stupid to use this system. I went to the URL and supposedly downloaded the file, which said it went to tmp/kde-doug/konqueror/Ss5eYb.3.0.53 but I can't find anything there, and neither can YAST. Just in case that first S was a 5, I tried it both ways. I would really go to school for this if there was one not too far away, but I have looked.

So tell it where to download the file, ie: right-click on the download link. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2

stephan beal wrote:

On Tuesday 24 October 2006 22:52, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/ I guess I'm too stupid to use this system. I went to the URL and supposedly downloaded the file, which said it went to tmp/kde-doug/konqueror/Ss5eYb.3.0.53 but I can't find anything there, and neither can YAST. Just in case that first S was a 5, I tried it both ways. I would really go to school for this if there was one not too far away, but I have looked.

Right-click the link which says "Static binary tar.bz2 with Qt compiled in", then click "Save link as..."

That will unfortunately save the file named "getskype-linux-static", instead of "something.tar.bz2" (like it "should" be). Now do:

tar xjf getskype-linux-static

that'll unpack to a dir named skype-1.3.0.53

from there, simply run the 'skype' binary. There is no installation, per se.

I am confused. Why don't you just download the SUSE RPM and get it over with. http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/

On Tuesday 24 October 2006 23:01, stephan beal wrote:

On Wednesday 25 October 2006 04:47, Robert Lewis wrote:

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I am confused. Why don't you just download the SUSE RPM and get it over with. http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/

/snip/ I would like to thank all the folks who saw and replied to my original message. I seem to have SKYPE installed, and when I find that it is working, I will send a brief message. I have unfortunately forgotten what I used for a username and password, and I am in the process of trying to recover them. Note to readers: write this stuff down when you sign up for one of these things. I can't access PayPal anymore, since I can't remember my password, and the URL they give you to recover it will not fit in any browser. It's hundreds of characters long. There really should be a means to remember passwords on computers that are only accessed by one person. This OS has a system for Kmail that says it will remember a password, but it apparently doesn't work. I always have to enter the p/w, even tho I have told the system to remember it. (It's 9.3.) (It's obvious that a p/w remember program would not help me at this point, since the computer that knows the passwords has failed. But it would be nice. Windows did it.) --doug

On 10/25/06, John Andersen wrote:

On Tuesday 24 October 2006 20:56, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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There really should be a means to remember passwords on computers that are only accessed by one person.

Aren't you running the kde wallet system?

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Well..the KDE Wallet saves passwords for KDE applications. You have to set it up in such a way that it will accept one centralized password, and then provide access to the applications that demand the credentials. For example, if you have setup an account password with Kmail, the KDE Wallet will ask you if you want KDE Wallet to handle this password. If you say yes, the next time you open KMail..you will have to enter the password associated with the KDE Wallet and not your Kmail account password. As it is, the KDE Wallet will let you access all the applications with one unanimous password. It will eventually provide the proper passwords to the applications that demand 'em and you wouldn't have to worry, provided you have entered the correct passwords the first time in the first place! _____________________________________

John Andersen

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On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 04:25 +0200, stephan beal wrote:

Right-click the link which says "Static binary tar.bz2 with Qt compiled in", then click "Save link as..."

The SUSE 9.x rpm works perfectly on SUSE 10 and 10.1 Hans

Skype is included with Mandriva, the newest version On Wed, 2006-10-25 at 09:21 -0700, Robert Lewis wrote:

JB wrote:

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On Tuesday 24 October 2006 14:35, Doug McGarrett wrote:

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From reading the list, I thought that SKYPE was supported in Linux. I've just been to their download site, and it only seems to support Mac and Windows. Comments or help welcome. (My Windows machine just broke--it's electrical, not MS--hard drive not found.)

Why not use open-source and go with Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting)? Packman has the rpm's I believe and the mailing list is always pretty busy and helpful.

Ekiga is very good. I used it for quite a long time.

However, Skype has clients for Windows, Mac and Linux that all talk to each other very nicely. For me using a telephone application I need to be able to use something that talks to all the major OS's. In addition Skype is offering free calling to land lines within the U.S. and Canada until the end of the year. It also has a much bigger market share than Ekiga. Skype also has answering machine service and the ability to send a voice mail to another user amongst many other features. I don't like closed source software but in this case...

Carlos E. R. wrote:

The Wednesday 2006-10-25 at 09:21 -0700, Robert Lewis wrote:

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than Ekiga. Skype also has answering machine service and the ability to send a voice mail to another user amongst many other features. I don't like closed source software but in this case...

Then try OpenWengo instead.

I have tried OpenWengo. Trying something and actually using something daily fall into different catagories. I can't convince the 100 or more contacts I have on Skype to switch. Skype has the market, end of story IMNSHO.

On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:06, Robert Lewis wrote:

Carlos E. R. wrote:

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The Wednesday 2006-10-25 at 09:21 -0700, Robert Lewis wrote:

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than Ekiga. Skype also has answering machine service and the

ability to

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send a voice mail to another user amongst many other features. I don't like closed source software but in this case...

Then try OpenWengo instead.

I have tried OpenWengo. Trying something and actually using something daily fall into different catagories. I can't convince the 100 or more contacts I have on Skype to switch. Skype has the market, end of story IMNSHO.

Well, I don't mean to be the lone atheist on here, but I really don't care if a product is open source or not, so long as it does the job, and, of course, it's nice if it's free, but I don't mind paying a reasonable price for something that works. (I've bought a lot of versions of Linux, even tho I'm not all that good at it.) Open source would do me no good at all, since I'm not a programmer. Way back in the 60's and 70's I wrote some BASIC code, and then I learned a little Pascal, and wrote just a little bit in that, all to solve engineering equations, not to modify phone systems or OS's. SKYPE will be fine for me. Now if I could only remember the user name I told it, all that time ago. . . .

Doug McGarrett wrote:

On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:06, Robert Lewis wrote:

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Carlos E. R. wrote:

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The Wednesday 2006-10-25 at 09:21 -0700, Robert Lewis wrote:

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than Ekiga. Skype also has answering machine service and the

ability to

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send a voice mail to another user amongst many other features. I don't like closed source software but in this case...

Then try OpenWengo instead.

I have tried OpenWengo. Trying something and actually using something daily fall into different catagories. I can't convince the 100 or more contacts I have on Skype to switch. Skype has the market, end of story IMNSHO.

Well, I don't mean to be the lone atheist on here, but I really don't care if a product is open source or not, so long as it does the job, and, of course, it's nice if it's free, but I don't mind paying a reasonable price for something that works. (I've bought a lot of versions of Linux, even tho I'm not all that good at it.) Open source would do me no good at all, since I'm not a programmer. Way back in the 60's and 70's I wrote some BASIC code, and then I learned a little Pascal, and wrote just a little bit in that, all to solve engineering equations, not to modify phone systems or OS's. SKYPE will be fine for me. Now if I could only remember the user name I told it, all that time ago. . . .

Doug, I may be able to help you. Skype has very good search mechanisms. I just looked for your and hopefully I have found you to help with your username. Let me know if this is you? wa2say Doug McGarett Rocky Point United States English Cheers, Bob

On Wednesday 25 October 2006 18:21, Robert Lewis wrote:

However, Skype has clients for Windows, Mac and Linux that all talk to each other very nicely.

GnomeMeeting used to be compatible with the Microsoft voip thing (I think it's called MSN Messenger or something). Is that not true anymore?