Installing Skype 2.2 on Fedora 17 x64

I am happy that Skype for Linux was not totally abandoned, but come on. Skype 4.0 for Linux is fucking terrible. It is so bad, that I highly recommend that you get rid of it and install the much more useful version 2.2 beta. (Kinda funny how the beta was more useful than the release isn't it?)

This is going to work only on Fedora 17 64 btw...

1. Download the Skype 2.2 Beta RPM. You can google for it, or you can use this one.
2. Install the dependencies:
1. sudo yum install-y qt-x11.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 libXv.i686
3. Install the RPM for Skype:
1. sudo yum loclainstall -y skype-2.2.0.35-3.el6.nux.i586.rpm

That should get it going fine. If you already had Skype 4.0 installed then the dependencies are likely not needed.