{"id":9913,"date":"2006-02-14T08:05:25","date_gmt":"2006-02-14T05:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/02\/14\/skype-anyone\/"},"modified":"2006-02-14T08:05:25","modified_gmt":"2006-02-14T05:05:25","slug":"skype-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/02\/14\/skype-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype anyone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I think I’ve heard about Skype<\/a> from more people than there are in China. I’ve finally decided to download and try it out.<\/p>\n

Cross-platform – nice.<\/p>\n

RPM package is available for Fedora Core 3, which worked just fine on Fedora Core 4 – nice.<\/p>\n

I don’t have not even a single microphone – not nice.<\/p>\n

Even if I had, talking would have been difficult most times (office people or kid shouting or sleeping at home) – not nice.<\/p>\n

Possibility to call regular\/mobile phones from the computer for an extremely low price – nice.<\/p>\n

Chat is built-in – nice.<\/p>\n

User identification is based on nicknames, not emails (which change) or ugly long numbers (which are impossible to remember) – nice. (My nickname is mamchenkov<\/strong>, by the way).<\/p>\n

Without any contacts and without microphone, I can’t really check the functionality or the interface thoroughly.<\/p>\n

Do any of you, guys, use Skype? How do I contact you?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

I think I’ve heard about Skype from more people than there are in China. I’ve finally decided to download and try it out. Cross-platform – nice. RPM package is available for Fedora Core 3, which worked just fine on Fedora Core 4 – nice. I don’t have not even a single microphone – not nice. … Continue reading Skype anyone?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,2,62],"tags":[90,2295,764,1035,39,124],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-9913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-personal","category-technology","tag-communications","tag-instant-messaging","tag-internet","tag-skype","tag-software","tag-web"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22367,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/11\/upgrading-to-skype-4-3-on-linux\/","url_meta":{"origin":9913,"position":0},"title":"Upgrading to Skype 4.3 on Linux","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today Skype failed to log me in on one of my Fedora Linux laptops. \u00a0That, I guess, is a part of the force upgrade to Skype 4.3. \u00a0While doing so, I came across two issues: Download Skype page is broken in Google Chrome. \u00a0After choosing the Linux distribution nothing happens.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11964,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/01\/linux-skype-and-web-camera\/","url_meta":{"origin":9913,"position":1},"title":"Linux, Skype, and web camera","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been using Skype for a few years now, but mainly for chats.\u00a0 Occasionally, I'd do a call, but that never involved video.\u00a0 Until recently.\u00a0 A couple of days ago my dad got online (finally!).\u00a0 And now there is a good reason to use Skype with a web camera for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skype_video.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9919,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/02\/16\/more-on-skype\/","url_meta":{"origin":9913,"position":2},"title":"More on Skype","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 16, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Let me do a little side note, before I start - Mom, you should really read this post! :) Now, just a couple of days ago I wrote that I decided to try Skype. 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