The way i installed it was

1) Download static package from the website of skype
2) as root move the downloaded package to /opt folder
3) untar it there
4) create a symlink to /usr/bin for easy acces

su
cd /opt/
wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-static
tar xf skype_static-2.2.0.35 ...

I have quite similar issue. When i install app, and the time after, the mouse cursor becomes very slow, applications freeze up. text input becomes extremely slow. It gets better after some time but still reappears. The only way to fully fix the problem i found was to completely restart X server.

It does make up for that by making it an utter pain to compile anything
What I've learned in my early Linux years: I hate all distros with "-devel" packages because they make compiling stuff horrible. And I've always met a situation where I needed to compile something.

That is so true. No matter ...

Thanks :D

Apparently i do have access to wiki, stupid me.

I have played around with Salix for a little bit by now and must say that is awesome! I was wondering if you guys have and IRC set up somewhere. I haven't tried searching for it yet, so most likely i will find it within 10 min :P

Anyhow ...

Hey everyone!

I just booted my minimal install of salix with fluxbox, rearranged a few tools and came to wiki and it told me to post here first. So here i am :D A little bit about myself, i have been using linux for a bit less than a year but ever since i tried it, i couldn't look back at using ...