L.G.C. |How-To| — Two Skypes One Linux

Time for another L.G.C. quick and dirty how-to. This time we throw down the logic on launching two Skype instances on Linux. Turns out it’s dead simple.

 

1. Create .Skype1 and .Skype2 in your home directory.

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2. Copy the contents of .Skype into .Skype1 and .Skype2

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3. Launch each Skype instance from a terminal with “skype –dbpath=~/.Skype1” and “skype –dbpath=~/.Skype2”

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