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		annasaru on March 16, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Before you Dual Boot – MS, OEMs and Linux I am forced to dual boot because my colleagues use Skype. Luckily, my laptop has a mSata slot , so a 128 Gb card dedicated to Linux. Never been an issue with dual booting my Thinkpad.

Tobu on March 16, 2014 [–]

Skype is available on Linux. On Ubuntu, it's in the "partner" repo.

listic on March 17, 2014 | [–]

Yep, my only problem with Skype on Linux is that is an older version. Mumble taught me to use Push-to-talk, but it is only available on a newer version of Skype.

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