November 2008
How to Install Skype API Plugin for Pidgin in Ubuntu -- Ubuntu Geek
by 3 others (via)This is the Skype API Plugin for Pidgin/libpurple/Adium. If you’re already running Skype, you can have your Skype contacts displayed with your Pidgin/libpurple/Adium contacts. It is intended as a complete replacement for the Skype user interface, hopefully everything you can do in Skype you can do with this plugin.
Install Skype API Plugin for Pidgin in Ubuntu
April 2008
2008.1 Errata - Mandriva Community Wiki
See also Image:bug_small.png Bug #37672. When using Skype with Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, sound most likely will not work. This is due to a known incompatibility between PulseAudio and Skype. To work around this issue, you must run Skype via pasuspender:
pasuspender skype
Note that this temporarily disables PulseAudio, so other applications will not be able to play sound as long as Skype is running.
This bug was reported to Skype team. Feel free to vote here
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