diff --git a/net-im/skypeforlinux/Manifest b/net-im/skypeforlinux/Manifest
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+DIST skypeforlinux_8.96.0.408_amd64.deb 124565400 BLAKE2B 56f8e20c3f192322267afb308fb211bb1af13f144c19e4d42ea2df3ac6a4f1648f47738ca9f1f44ed13f8f20b796726ffc41d9a658431bbd12ecb92579ae3d04 SHA512 b7aa70435c6d0f2b821a8f33b5b33ef6204dafe1467f92024389498c013260ea86649928d93c10ad3a29ffe5b277f0c57b2732d4ed6efe93568b7053ecdfbf44
+EBUILD skypeforlinux-8.96.0.408.ebuild 3213 BLAKE2B 4fc27cac27364a037d25a1baee0b60caef291968df48356766c463a729df7a68e3b1dd1ded650092fec2b4d898de4d78e2775ccd1fddb86644e3cd4610beaf3f SHA512 72ffd827f647e3e6749a24e8f8dbf6831afbd10353c2590d88f9ad8a03ba413d31024dfd2212a381709a8a8848ef1ae7e47219c1eb858c590891a1dce7e4ea11
+MISC metadata.xml 461 BLAKE2B 9bcbfe1d6892c40ce917a76c600baad338b5b86967e5656f79b9bf29e75c3ba474dc11444d8e347769f37934610a971097f96b22ae171ea46cd3f1aef2e9f3e5 SHA512 81df3ef175eafabad357f3d5792c71534b85ffd2c1bd9280ea7ef9cbea17aceb396bc7ac65abdb09e5fba8c3d98384c0d67c58a8daa2d42a657e1a7b150b52e7
diff --git a/net-im/skypeforlinux/metadata.xml b/net-im/skypeforlinux/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>soap@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>David Seifert</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<longdescription>Skype is for doing things together, whenever you're apart. Skype's text, voice and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are.</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/net-im/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux-8.96.0.408.ebuild b/net-im/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux-8.96.0.408.ebuild
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+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+MULTILIB_COMPAT=( abi_x86_64 )
+
+inherit chromium-2 desktop pax-utils unpacker multilib-build xdg
+
+DESCRIPTION="Instant messaging client, with support for audio and video"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.skype.com/"
+SRC_URI="https://repo.skype.com/deb/pool/main/s/skypeforlinux/${PN}_${PV}_amd64.deb"
+S="${WORKDIR}"
+
+LICENSE="Skype-TOS MIT MIT-with-advertising BSD-1 BSD-2 BSD Apache-2.0 Boost-1.0 ISC CC-BY-SA-3.0 CC0-1.0 openssl ZLIB APSL-2 icu Artistic-2 LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="-* ~amd64"
+
+QA_PREBUILT="*"
+RESTRICT="mirror bindist strip" #299368
+
+RDEPEND="
+	app-crypt/libsecret[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	app-accessibility/at-spi2-core:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	dev-libs/expat[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	dev-libs/glib:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	dev-libs/nspr[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	dev-libs/nss[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	media-libs/alsa-lib[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	media-libs/fontconfig:1.0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	media-libs/freetype:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	media-libs/libv4l[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	net-print/cups[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	sys-apps/dbus[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	sys-devel/gcc[cxx]
+	sys-libs/glibc
+	virtual/ttf-fonts
+	x11-libs/cairo[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/gtk+:3[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libX11[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXScrnSaver[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXcomposite[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXcursor[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXdamage[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXext[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXfixes[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXi[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXrandr[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXrender[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libXtst[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libxcb[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libxkbcommon[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/libxkbfile[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
+	x11-libs/pango[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	chromium_suid_sandbox_check_kernel_config
+}
+
+src_unpack() {
+	unpack_deb ${A}
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	sed -e "s!^SKYPE_PATH=.*!SKYPE_PATH=${EPREFIX}/opt/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux!" \
+		-i usr/bin/skypeforlinux || die
+	sed -e "s!^Categories=.*!Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;Telephony;!" \
+		-e "/^OnlyShowIn=/d" \
+		-i usr/share/applications/skypeforlinux.desktop || die
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dodir /opt
+	cp -a usr/share/skypeforlinux "${ED}"/opt || die
+
+	# remove chrome-sandbox binary, users should use kernel namespaces
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/692692#c18
+	rm "${ED}"/opt/skypeforlinux/chrome-sandbox || die
+
+	dobin usr/bin/skypeforlinux
+
+	dodoc usr/share/skypeforlinux/*.html
+	dodoc -r usr/share/doc/skypeforlinux/.
+	# symlink required for the "Help->3rd Party Notes" menu entry  (otherwise frozen skype -> xdg-open)
+	dosym ${PF} usr/share/doc/skypeforlinux
+
+	doicon usr/share/pixmaps/skypeforlinux.png
+
+	local res
+	for res in 16 32 256 512; do
+		newicon -s ${res} usr/share/icons/hicolor/${res}x${res}/apps/skypeforlinux.png skypeforlinux.png
+	done
+
+	domenu usr/share/applications/skypeforlinux.desktop
+
+	pax-mark -m "${ED}"/opt/skypeforlinux/skypeforlinux
+	pax-mark -m "${ED}"/opt/skypeforlinux/resources/app.asar.unpacked/node_modules/slimcore/bin/slimcore.node
+}