64bit skype client needed

[Roger]

On 20/10/14 12:58, jd1008 wrote:
> Hi Jon,
> I actually did run yum localinstall 
> /...../x86_64/skype-4.2.0.11-3.fc20.x86_64.rpm
> and yum downloaded and installed all the i686 libs, so I did not have 
> to do any guess
> work as to what packages skype needed.
> I was only interested in avoiding having to download 32 bit libs.
> But..... alas, it is not to be.
I have used the i686 version of skype for years in various Fedora and 
Ubuntu versions, installing as above had not proven to be a problem. Yes 
it needs 32 bit spare parts but that also has never proved to be a problem.

If one or more of the open source equivalents like ekiga et al would 
communicate seamlessly and freely with skype I'd go there in a flash but 
alas to get any such open source equivalents ?

Associates are reluctant to install open source equivalents in windows 
or apple so we suffer skype.
Roger