skype on freebsd

[Jeff Tipton]

On 03/24/2014 23:20, Jeff Tipton wrote:
> On 03/24/2014 22:22, soko.tica wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> If someone could just send me if it is possible to run skype on a 
>> freebsd
>> box (desktop use). I'm considering which os to install on a pretty 
>> old P4
>> (1,7 Ghz, 750 MB RAM).
>>
>> Many thanks in advance.
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> Hello, seko.tica,
>
> I sometimes use skype on a P4/2.4 GHz/1GB box and Samsung N220 
> netbook, even with the web cam. There's version 2.1.0.81_1,1 of skype 
> in the ports, not very resource-hungry. But for that you need to set 
> up Linux compatibility layer (see the Handbook for instructions); 
> there's no native FreeBSD version of skype.
>
> -Jeff
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P.S. The FreeBSD version I have skype on now is 9.1.