HowTos/SkypeStarting with Aug 4th 2014, no version of Skype older than 4.3 works due to the changes that were implemented in the authentication mechanism. Any attempt to use older versions lead to an error message similar to "Cannot contact server" ( the exact message varies depending on the version that was used ). Skype 4.3 for Linux was released in July 2014. These instructions assume that you already have
