I was able to install and use Skype on Chrome OS but the webcam didn't work. It is a major downside for me as well. I've noticed a couple other issues, namely t

I was able to install and use Skype on Chrome OS but the webcam didn't work. It is a major downside for me as well. I've noticed a couple other issues, namely that rtfs aren't supported well (you must upload them to Docs, you can't just open them), and password-protected excel files cannot be opened in either Google Docs or Microsoft Office Online. You can open them in LibreOffice using rollapp.com, however. Also, as a minor complication, the touchpad drivers for the Acer C720 (and possibly other devices) only made it into the kernel with version 3.17; with most distributions this will require you to compile the kernel yourself. Finally, if I am allowed to pick at nits, then I would say that I dislike the Chrome OS partitioning scheme. There is an ARChon-ready version of Skype on Github, which may or may not work for you.[0] [0] https://github.com/sebdroid/skype-chromeos https://github.com/sebdroid/skype-chromeos