Skype repository missing

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For some time I’ve been getting this.

ion@notebook:~> sudo zypper up
[sudo] password for root:
Retrieving repository ‘skype (stable)’ metadata …[error]
Repository ‘skype (stable)’ is invalid.
[skype-stable|https://repo.skype.com/rpm/stable/] Valid metadata not found at specified URL
History:

Please check if the URIs defined for this repository are pointing to a valid repository.
Warning: Skipping repository ‘skype (stable)’ because of the above error.
Some of the repositories have not been refreshed because of an error.
Loading repository data…
Reading installed packages…
Nothing to do.
ion@notebook:~>

Is there a new repository I can use?

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Microsoft ended the distribution of Skype via rpm and deb in November 2023. It is only available via Snap or Flatpak. This was announced by Microsoft last year…

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/skype/forum/all/skype-for-linux-updates/da864865-d9e9-4819-8a5d-8de8934dd312

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Online search produces,

but then I get

 An error occurred while processing your request.

Reference #97.9f3e1602.1717425161.54d8feab

https://errors.edgesuite.net/97.9f3e1602.1717425161.54d8feab

I suspect this means Microsoft doesn’t want us to use rpms. Comments?

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Sorry I didn’t see you response before my reply. Is using Snap or Flatpak reasonably secure?

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Any advice for other programs suitable to replace skype ?

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Microsoft continues to provide Skype for Linux, with this limitation “Get Skype For Linux SNAP”

https://www.skype.com/en/get-skype/

Am running “Skype For Linux SNAP” on some VERSION=“22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)” laptops…

:~$ snap search skype
Name            Version                 Publisher   Notes  Summary
skype           8.119.0.201             skype✓      -      Connect, Create, Talk & Discover, now with Bing GPT-4
skyperious      5.6                     suurjaak    -      Skype chat history tool
spreedme        0.29.5snap1             nextcloud✓  -      Spreed.ME audio/video calls and conferences feature for the Nextcloud Snap

Currently not using Skype on my openSUSE desktops, so am not sure IF snap SKYPE format works on openSUSE.

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Did a quick search and found:

https://en.opensuse.org/Snap

Snappy (or Snap) is a distribution-agnostic package management system developed by Canonical. The packages called snaps are self-contained applications running in a sandbox with limited access to the host system.

Warning: Snap does not come pre-installed on openSUSE systems.

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I’m using the Flatpack version from Flathub repo without problems. It’s updated to the latest version (8.119.0.201, May 7th), so there is no need to add snaps to your system.

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