Fedora Core 3 (Skype also supports SUSE 9 Mandriva 10.1 and Debian 3 or newer. However Linux support for Skype add-on hardware is presently extremely limited. In the case of the SkypeMate software used in this article it is limited to Fedora Core 3 only)
- You can mix and match Skype with your existing phone system
- Run the new alongside the old in parallel
- Reap the benefits of Skype such as free Skype-to-Skype calls
- Broadband Internet connection