Skype 64 bit question

On the arch wiki is a very good explanation for installing skype, but I have a question regarding this.
I can see on the official skype download page that there is a 64bit build for Ubuntu in .deb format. Can that .deb be uncompressed and compressed into a pacman installable file? I dont get why ubuntu has 64bit version and every other distro doesnt, looks weird to me.
If there is a way to do this, I would like to be part of the solution and mantain the package or at least help in maintaining

itsbrad212 wrote:If I remember correctly, the 64-bit version of skype is actually 32-bit with multilib dependencies At least for linux.
So it is !!
its just all 32 bit binaries packaged together. You can get the same thing by installing bin32-skype from AUR. I have done the same thing.

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Hello,
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Your uname output is already correct.
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That is all it will ever describe, no more and no less.
Your isainfo output is correct.
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We don't engage in practices like the one you describe.
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Your first step should be to file with Customer Support (link below)
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My question is:
Is there a way to raise the RQS bit, remain in STBO IE = 1, and remain in Turbo+7210 mode without being actually serial polled by the PC controller
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pstorehaug wrote:
I bought 200 kr skype credit today. Spendt about 20. And my balance shows 68. I have tried to find out why,
Hello and welcome to the Skype Community.
Your account shows that your credit balance was debited today with NOK 123.72 for the renewal of your Unlimited World 3 months Subscription.
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I just installed 10.8.2 onto a fresh drive on my Mac Pro 3,2 18GB Ram, 2x2.8GHz Quad. Everything is great EXCEPT I can't get the Kernel to run in 64-bit mode. My old 10.6.8 is still available and so I booted to that, and was able to run in 64-bit just fine. Also odd is that there is no information in the System Profiler under System Software Overview...where it should say 64-bit Kernel and Extensions [yes/no], there is no line at all (there is in 10.6.8). I am using that little Startup Mode Selector App to see if the kernel is in 32-bit.
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RE,
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Darwin Randys-Mac-Pro.local 12.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.2.0: Sat Aug 25 00:48:52 PDT 2012; root:xnu-2050.18.24~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
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