Donderdag is er met versienummer 2.0.0.63 de eerste stabiele 2.0-release van het voip-programma Skype for Linux verschenen. Het zal de meeste bezoekers inmiddels bekend zijn wat er met dit programma gedaan kan worden, dus verdere introductie lijkt ons niet nodig 
. Het programma is vanaf deze pagina voor verschillende Linux-distributies verkrijgbaar en de download ligt voor alle versies rond de 15MB. Het changelog van deze release laat de volgende veranderingen zien:
New features:Bugs fixed:
- Add call cost per minute to 1:1 SkypeOut calls.
- Add UI detection of Slovak, Farsi (Persian) and Vietnamese language files.
- Added privacy option to disable the sending of the number of contacts you have to your contacts.
- Implement HashLinkURL to provide easy links to #12345 references in chats.
- Shadows on user avatars on contact card.
- Show an indicator when the user is on an embedded device such as a Skype phone.
- API: BTN_PRESSED/BTN_RELEASED are now implemented.
- API: SEARCH ACTIVECHATS is now implemented.
Known Issues
- 1:1 chats should not have Leave Chat button.
- Add a blinking window effect for some windows which are already open when we get a new chat message.
- Add a workaround for a KWin issue preventing closed minimized chats from being reopened.
- Add bubbles from mood message to avatars on contact card.
- Add right-click context menu to chat window for copying text/links.
- Avoid status text being truncated on status button in profile editor.
- BTN_PRESSED YES should activate Call functionality regardless of double-click action.
- Be sure the chat window doesn't reappear after we leave the chat.
- Call Ringing sound shouldn't be audible during Do Not Disturb status mode.
- Can't add a contact to a chat using drag and drop.
- Change Call Hold/Resume button at the correct times (even when changing hold/resume during fullscreen video)
- Change file transfer filename to saved filename if different from original filename in transfer window.
- Compare chats in recent chats/etc menus correctly to check if they are unread.
- Contacts shouldn't disappear when they're moved between columns when receiving contacts.
- Copy URLs to both X selection and Clipboard, as users may want to middle-click the copied link into their browser.
- Crash after 2 minutes of signing in if we are signed out at that time.
- Crash after signing in with incorrect details after signing out.
- Display video in full-screen at correct aspect ratio regardless of monitor dimensions.
- Do not always put new chat windows at top left corner if no previous setting found, let window manager determine position.
- Do not freeze when opening options dialog
- Do not initialise /dev/video0 whenever we start a video call (could prevent video from working when video0 fails)
- Do not instantly close Voicemail events when clicking the play button in new events panel.
- Do not let Voicemail messages continue to play in the background after closing them.
- Do not show authorisation options in context menu for events if we already authorised the user.
- Do not unnecessarily init device twice when starting video (speeds up video init by 50%)
- Downscaling for Myself View / Oversized Video on X11 (non-accelerated).
- echo123 should be called Skype Test Call and should not have an 'Request Authorization' option.
- Ending an incoming conference call should be allowed to redirect to Voicemail also.
- Escape should close send contacts window before we attempt to send contacts.
- Fix for chat being stuck in unread state in certain cases.
- Fix for video output when not using XShm extension.
- Fix locking up the client for up to 30 seconds randomly sometimes for heavy Skype users.
- If main window is thinner than login window and right-aligned, it would move to the left after restart.
- Incoming calls should be redirected to Voicemail if configured to do so and another call is active.
- Make 'Invite selected contacts to conference call' option work in contact list multiple selections menu.
- Make contact list even more responsive whilst loading historical calls.
- Make login/startup much faster and cleaner.
- Make missed event text for birthdays clearer.
- Many bugfixes to video in call window to handle window updates during paused video calls.
- Only move main window if we have a previously saved position.
- Only play chat message sent sound for actual sent messages and emotive actions.
- Properly remember unread chats as unread after a Skype restart.
- Receive Contacts should close when Escape is pressed.
- Remember 'Show Myself View' setting during the video call (when switching to fullscreen and back, etc).
- Remember chat splitter arrangement per user for 1:1 chats.
- Remember chat window position per user for 1:1 chats.
- Remember show/hide chat member list setting per user for 1:1 chats.
- Remove grey contact card background.
- Reordered Voicemail Options dialog to keep individual Voicemail features independent.
- Send Contacts should cancel and/or close when Escape is pressed.
- Shortened SkypeIn and SkypeOut call error messages.
- Shrink myself view so it scales better on Xv and properly on X11.
- Starting a conference call with a MySpace contact would result in a single call being made to 'myspace'.
- Stop window from moving lower and lower on each restart.
- Update chat window area size correctly after clearing to avoid mystery scrollbar returning.
- Video call window is out of shape if the contact has a really long name.
- API: SET CHATMESSAGE [id] SEEN should remove now-read chats from events panel.
- All localizations updated:
- Bulgarian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- German
- Estonian
- French
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Polish
- Portuguese Portugal
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Thai
- Turkish
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- 64-bit users may need to upgrade their gspca or uvc drivers if their webcam is not being detected by Skype.
- uvc users should upgrade to revision 166 or later of this driver if they are having issues with Skype.
- Non-accelerated X11 output currently doesn't scale video output. This means that in full-screen, the video will be smaller than the available screen size. And similarly, in video preview, you will only see a cropped section of the actual video window.
- Contact Groups are currently not yet implemented.
- fglrx (ATi graphics) users should be running 8.40.x or later drivers
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