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Today Microsoft has announced that the company is all set to launch a full-featured Skype to Linux, Chromebook, and the Chrome web browser. “We want to make it easy for anyone to connect on Skype,” the Skype team announced. “Today, we’re pleased to announce the launch of the alpha version of a new Skype for Linux client, reaffirming our commitment to the Linux community. And if you are using a Chromebook device or Chrome browser on Linux, you can now visit web.skype.com and make one-to-one and group voice calls on top of the messaging features you get today.”
Microsoft corporate vice president Gurdeep Pall told that Microsoft is focussed on ensuring the availabilty of Skype everywhere. “We have some very active and passionate users on Linux and Chrome,” he said. “But the Linux client has not been updated in years. Now, a more modern client is coming. It will offer audio only at first—it’s an early preview—but the video is coming shortly.”
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At this point of time Microsoft is building up another Skype application for Linux that will in the end look and work much like the forms on Windows and Mac, however, it's truly a web application or WebRTC customer. The present version is an alpha and is obviously not complete. In any case, it elements Skype's cutting edge calling design, so it will give you a chance to call others on the most recent forms of Skype on Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, however not on the years-old Linux customer.
A user can download the new Skype for Linux alpha from the Skype official website. Additionally, Microsoft is organizing a two hour Q&A for Linux users and the Skype team at 10:00 am EST, that is aimed at getting feedback from the new users. “You’ll notice that it’s very different to the Skype for Linux client you use today,” the Skype team notes. “For example, you’ll be using the latest, fastest and most responsive Skype UI, so you can share files, photos, videos and a whole new range of new emoticons with your friends.”
With respect to Chromebook and the Chrome web, one may review that Skype calls now take a shot at Chromebook. For reasons unknown, the Skype for Web customer depends on the same codebase as the new Skype for Linux, and it will subsequently be upgraded with the same new features as that has been revealed by the company.
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