The future of Skype in Ubuntu is quite uncertain. Many sources related to Microsoft claim that the Skype instant messaging application will no longer have a version for Gnu / Linux distributions. Given this, many users and companies have left the application. But the truth is, that today, Microsoft has only put aside the old application to launch a new application for users of Ubuntu and other distributions.
The new app of Skype is now available for Ubuntu and its users. This application is installed in Ubuntu thanks to electron technology, a technology that is being used by many famous applications and programs, leaving aside the Qt libraries or GTK libraries.
The new Skype application can be obtained from here. Once we have installed this new version of Skype we can obtain all the basic functions that the old version of Skype had, but we will also have the possibility of using group video calls. A feature that is already known to many Skype users but not to Ubuntu Skype users.
This new feature is quite interesting for videoconferences and users who need this type of call. But from what we know so far, this new feature will be the first of many to come. Something that surprises many users of the application.
Apparently the future of Skype for Linux will be linked to electron technology. Something interesting, but for those who distrust it, there is always the option of using the web application and a direct access to that web application. The result and functions will not be the same but it will still have the basics of Skype.
I personally believe that Microsoft will go ahead with Skype for Linux, that is, that will not disappear in the short term or in the long term. However, I do believe that there will be changes in the application, many changes and electron and group video calls are the beginning of what is to come.