Software and system

Software and system

Operating Systems
Now there are versions for Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, Vista and Windows Mobile), Mac OS X (Intel and PPC) and Linux (32-bit x86). For Windows, Skype can also be run from a USB memory device, without needing to be installed on the host computer. The Linux version runs on FreeBSD through its binary compatibility layer for Linux. Skype can also be run on Solaris branded zones.

The Windows user interface was developed in Pascal using Delphi, the Linux version is written in C + + with Qt, and Mac OS X version is written in Objective-C with Cocoa.

Skype on mobile devices
Skype offers its own branded mobile phone Skypephone, which runs a BREW OS. Skype is also available on mobile devices running Windows Mobile Symbian The official version is currently under development. Skype is also available on Symbian and Java as part of X-Series. And thanks to a developer, it is also possible to run Skype on a Symbian environment using Fring, which also provides other services. It has just released firmware 3.90 PSP Slim in late January 2008.