Hello, I'm Matthew Rossi, producer of the Penguin Central podcast.
and I'll be the presenter for this screencast today.
This version of Ubuntu I am using is 7.10 alpha 5 'Gutsy Gibbon',
You can find all of the screencasts at screencasts.ubuntu.com
Today I will be showing you how to set up and run Skype for Linux.
It takes a little bit of work, but once you have done all of that, it's good to go.
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Now let's get in to Skype for Linux.
Alright, so Skype is single-handedly the most popular VoIP application out there.
You may be familiar with Skype from Windows or Mac.
Now because Skype is not in the Ubuntu repositories,
you have to download and install it manually, but it's really not that hard.
So all that we really have to do is go in to Firefox,
and type in 'skype.com',
as you can see happening right now.
Now on the top of the page you'll see a download link, click on that.
Now you will see a link that says 'Feisty Fawn (7.04)',
click on that and download the package from there.
Now I've already downloaded this package, which is saved on the desktop.
Double-click on that and you will see a button that says install package.
Now I've already installed this, so it will say for me reinstall package
But if you click on Install package it will ask for your root password.
Let's go into Skype, in Applications | Internet | Skype.
I'm logging in right now,
This is assuming that you already have a Skype account.
Waiting for it... And now we are in Skype.
The first thing that you have to do is you have to click on the cog-like button
'Main menu'
and click 'Options'
What we are going to do is check that the right device is set.
So it's obvious that my device is set for my Plantronics USB headset.
Also go in the volume control and check that the audio levels are just right.
You can change device, go in to File | Change Device.
Now then you press the button that says 'Make a test call'
So then after clicking that you will dial Skype testing service.
Where you will be able to record a message
and they will play it back to you to see if everything is working.
So to hang up you press the red 'Hang up' button.
So get out of that window.
We also have all the different tabs in the Options bar here,
Chat, Call Forwarding, Voicemail, Sound Devices, Advanced,
Blocked People and Public API.
So get out of that.
I have a couple of different contacts in here
and two of them are call out numbers
With Skype you can call on US toll free numbers for free.
So one here, I have Tell Me in my contacts list
and I can dial that.
And that's a good example of Skype's SkypeOut service.
So you can click the green 'Call Contact' button
and you will automatically dial in to that.
Wait for that to connect
and there we have connected.
So we'll click 'Finish' to disconnect the call.
Get out of that window.
Now if you press the green 'Add' button,
you can search for all different users to add to your contacts list.
So for example I type in 'Skype Test Call' and click 'Search'
and you see all these different accounts that match that name.
So you add the contacts that you wish.
Get out of that.
And that is it for this Ubuntu screencast for today.