There is an annoying bug with Skype on Ubuntu 10.xx – at a random point Skype will crash and it can’t be started again. If you run it in terminal you might get an ‘aborted’ error. Uninstalling and reinstalling doesn’t work. The solution is to remove the .Skype directory in your home folder, then restart Skype itself. You’ll have to re enter login details but you should get signed in fine.
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