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Record your Skype Calls on Linux with Skype Call Recorder

By • May 16th, 2009 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Voip

Skype Call Recorder for Linux is an open source application that allows you to record your Skype calls to MP3, Ogg Vorbis or WAV files for free. It is absolutely free with no limits – – unlike many others and offers automatic and manual recording on per-caller basis. It works on KDE 3, KDE 4, […]

Xandros Presto: A Quick-Booting Linux Partition for Your Windows

By • May 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Firefox, Linux Distros, Open-Source, Windows

Windows-Only: Presenting Xandros Presto – – in Five Screenshots. How long does it take you to boot your Windows Vista? Being such a resource hog, a 1Gb RAM Vista laptop can take you up to several minutes to boot up. That’s why Xandros thought of “Instant-On” Presto.

Ubuntu: How to send Text Messages with Skype for Linux

By • Feb 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Ubuntu, Voip

For several reasons, I often prefer sending text messages to making a call – Text messages often give me a sense of privacy and discreetness especially at work. Being a huge Skype user, the absence of this feature for the Linux version of Skype has always been a problem… Skype is neither open source nor […]

Partially integrate Pidgin with Skype using the Skype API Plugin

By • Feb 19th, 2008 • Filed under: Linux Tips and Tricks, Voip, Web Utilities

What about integrating your open source, multi-platform, multi-protocol instant messaging client Pidgin with Skype? Even though the outcome is not so overwhelming, using the Skype API Plugin gives you the possibility to add your Skype contacts to your Pidgin IM. The API also imports your regular in-out phone contact numbers – but not without a […]

Skype 2.0 beta for Linux comes with Video chat

By • Nov 9th, 2007 • Filed under: Video, Voip

Now it is possible, up to now it was not, with Skype 2.0 for Linux, Linux people join the rest of the VoIP (Voice over IP) world with video too, so get your web cams ready cause you can now show who you really are whilst chatting. Skype finally added video chat to the Linux […]