Skype 2.0 for Linux drops beta tag

Posted Mar 14th 2008 9:00AM by Brad Linder
Filed under: Internet, Linux, Freeware, VoIP

Skype has released the final version of Skype 2.0 for Linux. The internet telephony application has been available as a public beta since November, but the latest release includes a ton of bug fixes and a few new features.

Skype 2.0's biggest feature is support for video calls, which means you can do pretty much anything with the Linux version of Skype that you can do with the PC or Mac clients. That includes making PC to PC phone calls or video calls for free, or PC to telephone calls for a fee.

Packages are available for Ubuntu, Debian, Xandros, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, and CentOS.

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Tags: skype, skype-2.0, skype-2.0-for-linux, skype-for-linux, video-calls, video-chat

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