problem:

skype is becoming non-responsive when i "flood" the chat box with 4+ lines of text (which isn't really a flood).

the exclamation / warning / problem icon will appear next to each line and the other person in the chat does not receive the messages. additionally i have to kill the process in order for skype to close down, then restart it.

this build of skype was attained from the multiverse repo.

this is consistent every time i use skype and making the experience extremely difficult.

questions:

1) anyone else having this issue? solutions?
2) anywhere to download a NON-beta version of skype for linux?
3) any other repo offering skype other than multiverse?