Pissed off penguins

Linux users are chastising Microsoft for not paying enough attention to its Skype software on their platform of choice. They're ticked off that Skype had gone without an update on Linux for over a year and a half, and that the the long overdue upgrade that was rolled out this past Monday broke the client.

Several Linux users who applied the update complain that the Skype client will no longer join calls. Fed up with the situation, Linux users Boltgolt and Nickforallnl wrote an angry blog post directed at Microsoft. Following the post, Linux users in various forums came out and said they're experiencing issues, too.

"We do understand that Linux is a competitor of Microsoft's Windows. But we do not understand why this results in a lack of support for Skype. Linux is actively being used by power users who can not or do not want to use Windows because of a lack of features, and now, those (paying) users who used Skype for both Business and Private purposes are dropped by Skype," the blog post reads.

It's signed "Lots of angry Linux user" followed by #ThanksBill because apparently this is Bill's doing somehow. In any event, the issue has more than a few Linux users ticked off at the situation.

Skype is one of the services that Microsoft sees as core to its Windows 10 strategy. The same goes for OneDrive and Office 365, all of which are multi-platform offerings, which has been a point of emphasis for Microsoft. It seems unlikely that Microsoft would intentionally create headaches for Linux users, though it may not be appreciating the size of its Linux audience, hence why Skype's gone so long without an update.

Microsoft has yet to comment on the issue.

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