How to install Skype in Debian amd64

• Check if your system has i386 arch support enabled

$ dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
i386

• If you don't have i386 support enable it with the following commands:

# dpkg --add-architecture i386
# apt-get update

• Then install the skype's dependencies with the following command:

# apt-get install libqtgui4:i386 \
      libqtwebkit4 …

The Rxvt terminal is a really good terminal emulator, actually it has been my default terminal since at least 4 years ago. I started using it after getting tired of gnome-terminal (it's too fat and heavy for me).

To install it you just must do the follow:

aptitude install rxvt-unicode …