now juts need to know hoto add it to desktop (or whereever) 1: added a 2nd boot ubuntu DR ... rather nice but lots of sound bugs ... so SKYPE (Debian flavour) was less than optimal (got it just working ...not good) 2: came back to linpus . Downloaded Fedora Core 7 version ([URL]http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-fc7[/URL]) 3: double clicked the .rpm that was downloaded ... accepted the 'risk' (can't validate) 4: found the installed skype ...kicked it off ... worked 1st go ...so Now I just need to find some way to add this the the xfce desktop icons .... I'm sure there's advice on this forum