Group conversations on Skype faulty, if one member's OS is Linux
The most recent version for Skype on a Linux machine is 4.3. The age of this adaption is very apparent due to the outdated appearance of the application. Apart from its out-of-date presentation, Skype on Linux also lacks the options to video chat in a group as well as to share one's screen. This Skype version therefore exclusively offers chatting, Skype calling and video calling. However, invitations to screen shares can be accepted and viewed, even though they cannot be executed personally.
The described issue occurs, if several users try to converse in a group conversation. Regardless of which user created the group chat on Skype, as soon as a user, who has installed Skype's Linux version 4.3, joins the chat, the conversation box is grayed out and disabled. This results to a sudden halt of conversation for all participating members. Re-grouping in a newly created group conversation does not seem to help the problem.
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Group conversations on Skype faulty, if one member's OS is Linux
The solution to this issue is very simple and trivial. The issue itself is a known problem in the community and many users experience it. Since Skype for Linux 4.3 is the newest available main version, uninstalling and reinstalling does not seem to help the problem.
In July 2016, Skype has introduced Skype Linux Alpha. Whilst this version seems to support group chats for users of various operating systems, it's alpha version still makes it unreliable if consistency is needed, e.g. professional purposes such as job interviews.
I have solved this problem by resolving to Skype's web version. Logging in with your account, enables the group conversation seamlessly, without the need to create a new group. Although group conversations are now possible, accepting an invite to share a screen does not seem to work herein.
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