Canonical Pushes Skype Into Ubuntu Repository

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 25, 2010

“In an interesting move that now makes it easier to use the
popular Skype VoIP program on Ubuntu Linux, Canonical’s Brian
Thomason has uploaded the first Skype package into the Ubuntu 10.04
“Lucid Lynx” repository. Using Skype on Ubuntu is now only a sudo
apt-get install skype away from being used.

“Packaged currently in the Ubuntu Lucid repository is Skype
2.1.0.81…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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