Skype is a piece of software that allows you to make free calls (audio or video) to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world. To install it, go to the following page:
Click on the Download now link. You will notice that there is no F8 rpm, but there is a Fedora 7 rpm (which is really a FC5 rpm) that will work for F8. Click on it to download the file and install it using rpm:
~>
sudo rpm -vhi ~/Download/skype-1.4.0.118-fc5.i586.rpm
You should see skype
successfully install: Preparing...
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1:skype ########################################### [100%]
Once finished, source your ~/.bashrc
file:1:skype ########################################### [100%]
~>
source ~/.bashrc
and skype is
ready to be launched: ~>
skype &