Hello everyone,
I'm planning to install Mint on my PC and I don't have much experience with non-Windows operating systems. The only proprietary application I need is Skype. I remember trying it many years ago on Debian and found it didn't perform very well, but I imagine over these years it should have been much refined. For those of you who use Skype on Mint, how has your experience been?
Thanks,
Tenzan
Skype performance under Mint
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Skype performance under Mint
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prestonR
Re: Skype performance under Mint
Ok, lower end of the spectrum 
but I can confirm that an audio call with ghetto-skype-32-bit on a 10-years old eee-pc with 32-bit Atom and 2GB running a lean Mate 18.2 off ssd will work without the slightest hitch.
Startup takes a while and the open window pushes cpu to 20% but that drops to 3% when closed to taskbar.
but I can confirm that an audio call with ghetto-skype-32-bit on a 10-years old eee-pc with 32-bit Atom and 2GB running a lean Mate 18.2 off ssd will work without the slightest hitch. Startup takes a while and the open window pushes cpu to 20% but that drops to 3% when closed to taskbar.
Re: Skype performance under Mint
Great thanks, can't wait to get started. I'm impressed with the Linux and Mint communities' work in porting. I have a PC from a similar era as yours running XP and the falling level of support is getting annoying!
Re: Skype performance under Mint
I used to use Skype or at least tried to about 11 years ago on XP I got signed up OK but never connected. I tried a beta last summer on LM and Skype remembered me and came back with the same account log on and address. New were addresses for my adult kids. we are able to call each other, one in Oregon and one in Georgia. Conference mode does not work as there are issues with time delays in routing so the 3 will not sync video. LM 18.3 Cinnamon 64 Beta loaded it automatically.
BTW I have 2 EEE Asus (1) 64 bit and (1) 32 bit both running Cinnamon 32 or 64 as the case may be.
BTW I have 2 EEE Asus (1) 64 bit and (1) 32 bit both running Cinnamon 32 or 64 as the case may be.