Download Skype 0.91.0.12 beta

Skype has updated its Linux version of the VoIP program of the same name to version 0.91.0.12. Skype is a program that allows conversations with other Skype users. It is being developed by the same people behind KaZaA and uses the P2P technique from that program. According to the developers, this makes it possible to have a conversation with a higher quality than via a normal fixed telephone connection. In addition to various changes and improvements, it is now also possible to send files and contacts. The full changelog looks like this:

Changes in Skype for Linux Beta version 0.91.0.12

• feature: file transfer
• feature: watermarks on tabs, gradient selector in contact list – only available in Qt 3.2 versions, can be toggled on/off from Options, Behavior
• feature: Address Bar improved – history remembered
• feature: “View” menu, use this to toggle various interface elements on/off
• feature: display technical call info
• feature: “Send contacts”
• change: add a contact from call history context menu
• change: call list sorted according to history
• change: improved call list context menu
• change: correct countries/languages ​​in profile editor
• change: auto-closing calltab after the call goes back to Contacts
• change: remember main window position and size
• change: Sorting contacts in Contact List
• change: profile viewer closed when any other Skype window takes focus
• bug fix: icons missing in search results dialog
• bug fix: internal privacy handling fixes
• bugfix: finished call tabs of previous users no longer shown
• bugfix: remember “Check for Updates” setting
• bugfix: default button in Profile Editor is now “Update”
• bug fix: Call list buttons background
• bugfix: improved context menus (icons, separators, item order)
• bug fix: blocking myself no longer possible[break]The following downloads are available:
  RPM for SuSE 9 and above
  RPM for Mandrake 9 and above
  RPM for Fedora Core 2
  RPM for Qt 3.1 (Java Desktop System Release 2, SuSE 8)
  Dynamic binary tar.bz2 (needs Qt 3.2)
  Dtatic binary tar.bz2 with Qt 3.2 compiled in it