Install Skype from repository

wget http://installit.googlecode.com/hg/install.skype.sh -O - | bash -

#!/bin/bash

# TODO:
# disable ContactOnline / ContactOffline notification in ~/.Skype/*/config.xml

# activate partner repository
sudo sed -i "s/# \(deb .* partner\)/\1/" /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update -qq

# install skype
sudo apt-get install -y skype

Fix upside down webcam
wget http://www.panticz.de/sites/default/files/scripts/skype.fix.webcam.sh -O - | bash -

#!/bin/bash

# install video4linux libraries 
sudo apt-get install libv4l-0

# fix lib path
if [ ! -f /usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so ]; then
    sudo mkdir /usr/lib/libv4l
    if [ "$(uname -m)" == "x86_64" ]; then
        # 64 bit
        sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
    else
        # 32 bit
        sudo ln -s /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so
    fi
fi

# modify Skype launcher
sudo sed -i 's|Exec=skype|Exec=env LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype|g' /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop

Links
http://www.semanticpool.de/hidden-skype-emoticons/ - hidden skype emoticons
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SkypeTroubleshooting
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams

Disable ContactOnline / ContactOffline notification
wget http://www.panticz.de/sites/default/files/config.xml_.diff -P /tmp/
patch -p2 ~/.Skype/*/config.xml < /tmp/config.xml_.diff

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