/docker-skype

Run Skype in a docker container and avoid cluttering the host with multi-arch setup

Docker Skype

Run Skype in a docker container and avoid cluttering the host with multi-arch setup.

  1. Build the container's image directly from github docker build --rm=true -t DESIRED_NAME https://raw.github.com/shofetim/docker-skype/master/Dockerfile

  2. Run container docker run -d -P DESIRED_NAME

  3. Get the port that SSH is nat'ed to. docker ps

  4. Get the IP address. ifconfig

  5. Run skype with X forwarded to your normal desktop ssh -X docker@IP -p PORT skype password will be docker.