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<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Hi 52ROSt,</span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Apparently, automatic log in when your PC starts is not supported in
the new Skype for Windows, Mac and Linux - you always have to log in
with your Skype account credentials. Meanwhile, you can share us your
feedback
<a href="https://go.skype.com/feedback?lang=en&tag=The%20new%20Skype%20for%20Windows,%20Mac%20and%20Linux&p=-2&e=FA34778" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">
here.</a> </span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">Please let us know if you have other questions.</span></p>
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<span class="m_-8862228163575694483gmail-thread-message-content-body-signature">Rhiza_E<br>Skype Community Moderator</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span class="m_-8862228163575694483gmail-thread-message-content-body-signature"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">How it is possible for any company to release a version that is essentially broken is so many ways is really quite beyond me. <br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Yep, even on the 5.5 Beta, one has to punch in one's sudo password (key ring) before Skype will login.<br></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_-8862228163575694483gmail_signature">Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br>"in transit, via mobile comm device"</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 6:43 PM, Ron Singh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I use Skype a lot. <br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I depend on Skype for video comm with my kin, with clients and IT suppliers.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">On Windows, Skype 5.x was excellent in terms of reliability, clean layout and easy of use.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I ditched Windows some 10 months ago and went all Linux, using Skype 4.3 sourced from LM's software repo<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">On Linux, Skype 4.3 was excellent in terms of reliability, clean layout and easy of use..</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">On Linux, Skype 5.x BETA was barely acceptable in terms of reliability, clean layout and easy of use..</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I did the upgrade to Skype 8.11(X220 laptop with LM 18.1 Xfce) yesterday and man, that was just a huge mistake -- issues pop up with many much-needed configuration features removed.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Most tellingly, upon boot-up and launching Skype 8.11, only the outline of Skype can be seen on the desktop, nothing can be clicked on since the outline just showed the contents of one's desktop. Only on minimizing to tray and then un-minimizing or full-screening will bring up the proper "Open Skype" page in all it's glory. <br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I decided to purge the laptop of Skype 8.11 and tried again on other laptops running LM 18.1, LM18.2 and Fedora 27, same thing. Same issue. <br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I have used old firmware, new firmware, 4.4LTS, 4.11, 4.13 kernels, but yeah, same thing, same issue. <br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Every OS tried was a bare metal install, no VMs involved.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Through tear-filled eyes full of rage, I grabbed the 5.5.0.1 SkypeforLinux Beta from here:</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://repo.skype.com/deb/pool/main/s/skypeforlinux/" target="_blank">https://repo.skype.com/deb/poo<wbr>l/main/s/skypeforlinux/</a><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">and re-installed 5.5 Skype and now I am able to usefully Skype my behind off again, feebly trying to ignore it's tablet-y interface.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">In a perfect world, I would ditch Skype and use something like Discord and get on with it, but I need to communicate with with over 2 dozen folks via video-chat and the only common denominator for them all is Skype. Sure looks like nothing like this exists or will ever exist. <br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">In an even more perfect world, MS would release the SkypeforLinux source to be worked on by the Linux community, but that's for an alternate reality.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Sorry about the rant, just wanted to sound off a bit.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="m_-8862228163575694483gmail-m_4969471280784958844gmail_signature">Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br>"<div>calming down with a glass of win"</div></div></div>
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