November 7, 2017
As announced earlier this year, the old Skype for Linux v4.3 is at its end-of-life and will be decommissioned in the upcoming weeks.
You will be automatically signed out of Skype until you update. Please, update to the new Skype 8.x, which is ready for you with lots of improvements at Skype.com.
In case you hit any issues, please check known issues, system requirements, or post your questions directly to this forum. All your feedback will be greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
The Skype Team
I guess I missed this and my Skype 4.3 stopped working yesterday. I had to install synaptics package manager first to uninstall 4.3 before the new 8.11.04 would install. The new Skype only supports 64 bit platforms so if you run 32 bit you are SOL.