27 Feb
2025
27 Feb
'25
5:31 a.m.
Gianluca Interlandi via tde-users wrote:
Just curious, did you install skype on your parents PC
using SNAP?
yes - you asked in your question about snap. there is no other way ATM. I
followed the instructions on the skype page.
I can't find much information about SNAP. Is this
a way to re-package
Ubuntu stuff for other distros? Does this carry the risk that an openSUSE
installation would break (such as overwriting existing files)?
No, it is a way to make one-size-fit-it-all. Basically you package your
application for SNAP and install using SNAP. Then SNAP takes care to run
your application (it uses DBus for example to interact with your system)
It is an abstraction layer.
I wished I could just download a tarball of one of the
latest skype
versions.
No ... they stopped working.
Otherwise, I think I will be running skype just
through the browser like
you say.
Yes, if you do not want to add snap to your PC, it works pretty good as
well.