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Skype for Linux Drops AMD CPU Support

by aq3cn on 10/28/17, 7:48 PM with 4 comments

• by sddfd on 10/28/17, 7:59 PM

  I'd suggest changing the headline to, for example,

  Skype for Linux now requires SSSE3

  Newer AMD processors support SSSE3 and can run Skype for Linux (new means less than ~5 years).

  Also, it would be interesting to know what percentage of users of the old version did not have a processor that supports SSSE3.

• by stephenr on 10/28/17, 7:53 PM

  Skype has never been a fantastically 'first class' app on Mac (or Linux, from what I've heard), BUT it mostly worked, and was pretty clear cut in functionality.

  It has been the chat/call/video tool for remote business users.

  Then they decided to a) try to mimic Snapchat of all fucking things, and b) make their desktop apps Electron based.

  I honestly dont know what the alternative is. For now I'm using FaceTime audio when possible, and another client has a Slack channel we use, but that's definitely not something I want to be tied to long term either.