It seems like Skype has almost completed the Linux version. Today Skype released 2.0 beta Linux version adding video support.

Skype 2.0 beta for Linux is available for many Linux distributions including Debian, Mepis, Xandros, Mandriva, and OpenSuse. Support for Ubuntu and Fedora is to come.

Skype 2.0 beta requires a video card driver with Xv support, and a PC with a 1GHz processor.

Some Features Include:
The ability to set up video call with anyone in your contact list.
Group chat with up to 100 people or conference call with up to nine others.

Kubuntu 7.10 was released today. Many improvements have been made over the last release. Some that we noticed were, improved hardware and driver support, 3D Desktop graphics, and integrated desktop search.

Kubuntu is really just Ubuntu with the KDE interface instead of Gnome. It is not hard to turn Ubuntu into Kubuntu all that is needed is KDE packages from Kubuntu.org.

New Features in Kubuntu 7.10:

• KDE 3.5.8 - new default desktop manager
• Dolphin is the now the default file manager.
• The enterprise version of personal information manager Kontact is available.

The greatest part of this update is Kubuntu now looks and feels more like Windows than Ubuntu. We also like the default blue background better than Ubuntu’s orange and brown scheme.

Vixta is a Fedora-based distro with a custom KDE-based interface. Just like Vista there are widgets, a start menu and taskbar. Without looking close at the desktop many would mistake it as Vista. Though it looks like Vista we believe very few windows users will make the switch.

You can’t run Windows programs without the help of WINE, so that cuts out more than half windows users. Which means you get Konqueror instead of Explorer, OpenOffice instead of Office, and many other open source programs.