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Ubuntu For Non-Geeks, 3rd Edition
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Ubuntu For Non-Geeks, 3rd Edition

by Rickford Grant
June 2008
Beginner
360 pages
9h 9m
English
No Starch Press
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Project 9D: Installing DEB Packages Not Available via the Ubuntu Repositories: Skype

As you may recall, the applications you install from the various Ubuntu repositories via Synaptic or Add/Remove Applications are in the form of DEB packages—and the repositories are filled with such packages. Unfortunately, although these repositories seem to contain just about every piece of software out there, for different reasons not every package finds its way into these repositories, even if it is available in DEB form. At the present time, the application Skype is one of these.

In case you don't already know, Skype, shown in Figure 9-11, is voice over IP (VoIP) software that allows you to speak to other Skype users over the Internet with the clarity of a ...

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