"Juan R.D. Silva" <juan.r.d.si...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi folks, > > I use Skype installed from Debian official repo. A couple of days ago > it refused to update reporting "server timed out". After looking into > it, I found that MS removed Skype.deb package from their server and > basically forces everyone to use Snap package instead. > > Skype is the only app I would need Snap for on my > system. Unfortunately, I still need Skype and I do not see any > alternative but to concede to MS (and Ubuntu?) brute coercion. > > Any body installed Snap on their Debian system? Any problems with that > thing? Any suggestions to use Skype otherwise? > > Thanks
You can use skype from the web page, web.skype.com, without installing it. Maybe that would do?