From The H: Skype update for Linux -- followed by rant on how hard it is for mortals to get good-quality VOIP and record it -- even with freedom-hating Skype

Attention freedom haters! There's a new version of Skype for Linux, announces The H.

Since my podcast-production duties have dwindled to none lately, I haven't been using Skype, but when I was doing podcasts I was using Skype for Macintosh and Windows because of the ease of recording the Skype call with Audio Hijack Pro.

I could never figure out how to record the Skype call -- for free -- from either Windows or Linux. And no, Skype Call Recorder didn't work for me in Linux.

I'd like to figure out how to do VOIP calls with non-geeks and record them in Linux without Skype, and I need it to be doable by mortals.

I resorted to Audio Hijack Pro for Macintosh because it was easy, it works well and doesn't charge a monthly/by-minute fee. All of those Skype add-ons that want you to pay more than you're already paying Skype just to record your call are wronger than wrong.

Skype not offering a native recording capability? Also wrong.

If anybody knows how to do good-quality VOIP with working recording of both sides of the call in Linux and with open-source software and has actually done it, I'd love to know your secret(s).