Every one of them says to use apt-get -f install or in short, to force your installation cause none of them managed to do a clean install and forcing dependencies was the only way to complete their installation. I’ve seen too many posts in Kali Forum and other blog sites that explains how to install Skype. You should be able to download Skype from Official website.īut that’s nothing compared to what you have to go through to install it. Microsoft released Skype for Linux users (interesting that Microsoft, the rival for Linux released Linux package which just shows how powerful and demanding Linux communities has became). Some network administrators have banned Skype on corporate, government, home and education networks, citing reasons such as inappropriate usage of resources, excessive bandwidth usage, and security concerns.

It makes use of background processing on computers running Skype software, and this is reflected in Skype’s original proposed name of Sky Peer-to-Peer. Unlike most other VoIP services, Skype is a hybrid peer-to-peer and client–server system. Competitors include SIP and H.323-based services, such as Linphone and Google Hangouts. Skype has also become popular for its additional features, including file transfer, and videoconferencing. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free of charge, while calls to landline telephones and mobile phones are charged via a debit-based user account system. Phone calls may be placed to recipients on the traditional telephone networks. The service allows users to communicate with peers by voice using a microphone, video by using a webcam, and instant messaging over the Internet. Microsoft’s Skype division headquarters is in Luxembourg, but most of the development team and 44% of the overall employees of the division are still situated in Tallinn and Tartu, Estonia. It was bought by Microsoft in 2011 for $8.5 billion. Skype had 663 million registered users as of the end of 2010.

It was created by by Janus Friis (Denmark) and Niklas Zennström (Sweden) in cooperation with Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, and Jaan Tallinn (Estonia), who supplied the backend which was also used in Kazaa. The name was derived from “sky” and “peer”. Skype is a freemium voice-over-IP service and instant messaging client, currently developed by the Microsoft Skype Division.

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