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:

1. Download Skype -> http://www.skype.com/go/linux (Choose “Dynamic” from distribution dropdown)
2. Extract the archive
   
   Shell

   cd Downloads tar -xjf skype-4.3.*

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   cd Downloads   tar -xjf skype-4.3.*

3. Move the contents of the extracted folder to /opt/skype
   
   Shell

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

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

4. Edit /usr/bin/skype , and change the exec  command path to exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@" 
   
   Shell

   #!/bin/bash LIBDIR="/usr/lib32" if [[ -e "$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so" ]]; then export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so" fi if [[ -e "/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4" ]]; then export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4" fi # exec "$LIBDIR/skype/skype" "$@" # (old one) exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@"

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   #!/bin/bash   LIBDIR="/usr/lib32"   if [[ -e "$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so" ]]; then         export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so" fi   if [[ -e "/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4" ]]; then         export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4" fi   # exec "$LIBDIR/skype/skype" "$@"  # (old one) exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@"