On February 2nd, the Internet Telephone Software Skype announced that the company just completed the Skype software test of Mac OS X V1.0 and Linux V1.0. From now on, Skype used on Windows can also be free intercourse with Apple Mac OS X and Linux PC users.
Skype said the company's Skype software in Mac OS X and Linux PC is free download unless Mac OS X and Linux PC users use Skype Out to purchase PC to Phone points. Skype pointed out that the Mac OS X and Linux PC version of the question, let the P2P network phone become a real cross-platform application.
According to Skype statistics, Skype has a total of 23 million registered users, adding 130,000 online phone using members. The operating system supported by Skype includes platforms such as Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Pocket PCs. Skype President Niklas Zennstrong said he hoped that users of Mac OS X and Linux can also experience the call quality of the Skype network phone. Niklas Zennstrong emphasizes that all software features will be grateful to the opinions given by Skype Beta version to allow users today's different OS platforms to enjoy the benefits of the P2P VoIP.
Skype for Mac OS X requires a Macintosh computer Mac OS X V10.3 or a version updated than V10.3, and the processor of G3, G4 or G5 is required. As for Linux users, as long as the 400MHz processor can be used, including SUSE 9, GENTOO 1.4, Fedora Core 2, Xandros, etc.
