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** Description changed:

  Skype is mainly used for "video to video calls", but it doesn't work by
  default in ubuntu because a simple command is not set up correctly, thus
  Unaccessible to non-tech users.
  
  The current working command for webcam support in ubuntu 11.10 is:
  
  env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
  
- 
  This command needs to be default for the launcher/shortcut.
  
  This is an easy fix and should be marked as high for the skype package
  and as papercut.
  
- Worse, this problem has been ignored for years.
+ Worse, this problem has been ignored for years. V2V calls work great on
+ windows and mac, but not in ubuntu. Skype is a CORE app for many users.
+ 
+ This specially makes ubuntu (and YOU) look bad when you introduce it to
+ a potential user...
+ 
+ Silly bug that should had been fixed a long time ago. Don't postpone it
+ again, specially for the next LTS.

** Description changed:

  Skype is mainly used for "video to video calls", but it doesn't work by
  default in ubuntu because a simple command is not set up correctly, thus
  Unaccessible to non-tech users.
  
  The current working command for webcam support in ubuntu 11.10 is:
  
  env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype
  
- This command needs to be default for the launcher/shortcut.
+ This command (or equally functional) needs to be default for the
+ launcher/shortcut.
  
  This is an easy fix and should be marked as high for the skype package
  and as papercut.
  
  Worse, this problem has been ignored for years. V2V calls work great on
  windows and mac, but not in ubuntu. Skype is a CORE app for many users.
  
  This specially makes ubuntu (and YOU) look bad when you introduce it to
  a potential user...
  
  Silly bug that should had been fixed a long time ago. Don't postpone it
  again, specially for the next LTS.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/908174

Title:
  Ubuntu makes skype video calls unaccesible, should use the webcam
  support command by default

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