Filed under: Audio, Linux, VoIP
Skype 1.4 Alpha for Linux released
by Brad Linder May 7th 2007
Skype 1.4 Alpha for Linux has been released, with sound quality improvements that should bring the Linux version more in line with Windows and Mac clients.There is also better device detection, support for ALSA plugins, and a streamlined interface.
This is an Alpha release, so there are still some problems:
- There are no contact list groups
- You can't create new accounts
- There's no alert message if your chat message is undelivered
- There are no packaged versions available, you have to install the program manually
Still, it's nice to see the developers working on the Linux version, and these issues should be cleared up before Skype 1.4 final is released.
[via Skype Journal]
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
