SMS and Call Transfers on Skype For Linux!

Not an official update to skype at all, but an extremely nice programmer, Philipp Kolmann, has used the Skype4py libraries to make an interface for sending SMS, transferring calls, and registering phones on skype for linux.

Official Skype Page: https://extras.skype.com/1149/view
Download it: http://www.kolmann.at/philipp/linux/skysentials/

Download skype4py: http://sourceforge.net/projects/skype4py/

Basically you need to download the tar.gz package of skype4py. Run

# setup.py build
# sudo setup.py install

Then you should be able to download, extract, and run the python script for skysentials. (skysentials.py)

Skype will ask you if you'd like to fgive the application permission to access skype. Say yes, and you're ready to send SMS, register phones, and transfer calls.

:) Hooray for developers!