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If you want to have a shortcut with for locking the screen, but with prompt for lock message, here's what you need to do:

Go to Settings -> Keyboard, then click on Keyboard shortcuts tab


Click on Add custom shortcut button, and enter the following command:
python /usr/lib/cinnamon-screensaver-lock-dialog/cinnamon-screensaver-lock-dialog.py
example:

Click Add and then assign it a shortcut.
For example, the default lock screen shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+L. For the one with prompt, you can assign Ctrl+L.
You're done.
When you want to lock your screen with a custom "away" message, just press the shortcut you assigned (Ctrl + L)

Hi there,

Skype just released version 4.3 for linux. You can read this article  from OMG Ubuntu! to see what's new in 4.3

Long story short:

native notifications
UI improvements (new toolbar, better login screen, design changes)
floating widget for Call
cloud based Group Chat
support for PulseAudio 3.0 and 4.0

Currently, the AUR "multilib/skype" package is not upgraded to 4.3. If you don't wish to wait, here's what you must do:

Download Skype -> http://www.skype.com/go/linux (Choose "Dynamic" from distribution dropdown)
Extract the archive
cd Downloads

tar -xjf skype-4.3.*

Move the contents of the extracted folder to /opt/skype
sudo mkdir /opt/skype

sudo mv skype-4.3.*/* /opt/skype

Edit /usr/bin/skype , and change the exec  command path to exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@"
#!/bin/bash

LIBDIR="/usr/lib32"

if [[ -e "$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so" ]]; then
export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2conver…

Changelog in 1.4.5: Whenever you send a code selection (ctrl+alt+u), it is preformatted.

Example: