skype

[jd1008]

On 01/18/2016 12:38 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 01/18/2016 06:43 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there a 64-bit version of skype for anything? MS users are two 
>> stupid to realize that their machines (no different from ours) have 
>> been 64-bit for a long time....
>>
>> I agree that it would be good to not have to install a 32-bit skype 
>> and associated libraries, but I am not aware of such a possibility.
>>
>> Ranjan
>>
>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:08:56 +0100 Patrick Dupre <pdupre at gmx.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Is there any 64-bit version of skype for fedora 22 ?
>
> There is no 64-bit Skype for Linux (any flavor), never has been and
> probably never will be. Remember that Skype is now owned by Microsoft
> and Linux is really the "poor stepchild". I'm frankly amazed the 32-bit
> thing is even maintained.
This is the crap about closed source proprietary software. If you need 
it, then you
have to put up with what it is - no custom builds for your preferred 
architecture,
let alone preferred GUI.