Compiz 0.7.4 and Skype 2.0.0.68 Are Out

Today we are proud to announce the release of Compiz 0.7.4 and Skype 2.0.0.68, two of the most popular applications among Linux users around the world. While Skype has only one important future (uPnP support), Compiz has jumped from the 0.7.2 release to this one and includes some important enhances and improvements!

What's new in Compiz Fusion 0.7.4?

• Configurable handling of overlapping output devices;
• Enhanced focus stealing prevention with configurable amount of focus stealing prevention;
• Added configurable, optional delay for edge actions to prevent accidential invocation;
• Generalized vertex system to improve plugin compatibility;
• Optimized gaussian blur shaders to support more hardware;
• Improved unredirection of fullscreen windows;
• Several bugfixes;
• Translation updates.

Below is the changelog for Skype 2.0.0.68:

• Support for uPnP
• Fixed crash for upgraders from 1.3 who had autologin enabled
• Fixed crash when adding user who had auto-sending of video enabled to conference call

Known issues in Skype 2.0.0.68:

• 64-bit users may need to upgrade their gspca or uvc drivers if their webcam is not being detected by Skype.
• uvc users should upgrade to revision 166 or later of this driver if they are having issues with Skype.
• Non-accelerated X11 output currently doesn't scale video output. This means that in full-screen, the video will be smaller than the available screen size. And similarly, in video preview, you will only see a cropped section of the actual video window.
• Contact Groups are currently not yet implemented.
• fglrx (ATi graphics) users should be running 8.40.x or later drivers

Download Compiz 0.7.4 right now from Softpedia!
Download Skype 2.0.0.68 right now from Softpedia!


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