This Simple Hack Lets You Make Skype for Web Calls on Linux

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Joey Sneddon
May 18, 2016

Sure you do, but you don’t need to wait for Microsoft to flick the ‘on switch’ on their side/fix the web compatibility bug blocking Linux users.

There’s now a simple(-ish) workaround…

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Joey Sneddon

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