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Vadi replied on May 14, 2009 14:19 to the idea "Add SVG support to uploading icons" in Wakoopa:

Bleh, this thing erased my reply because I wasn't logged in.

Long story made short: icons are specified in an applications .desktop file, which are stored in /usr/share/applications

See http://standards.freedesktop.org/desk...

and http://standards.freedesktop.org/icon... on how to interpret it, though I'm sure there is some utility for just grabbing an icon for a program. I'm not sure of it though.

Vadi replied on May 14, 2009 00:47 to the idea "Show average ram usage?" in Wakoopa:

Different OS's report ram usage differently, some hide the full usage, some applications use very much variable amounts (ones that rely on data, and the data you got opened, the more ram it needs to use).

Really the best way to go about this is from reviews and checking for yourself - extremely hard to programatically determine this and report in a sensible manner.

Vadi replied on February 13, 2009 14:32 to the question "Step by step needed to download and install into Ubuntu" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

You can use System → Administration → Software Sources to add the repository, and then use apturl to install from it (bypassing the Synaptic app - which is designed for expert users, and the terminal)

I filed a bug about this on bugzilla somewhere with the preferred instructions

Vadi replied on February 12, 2009 14:28 to the question "Step by step needed to download and install into Ubuntu" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

I looked at the instructions myself and they are too technical. Synaptic is only designed for experienced users, normally Add/Remove or AptURL should do the job.

But anyhow - I believe the 2.0 release had a bug where it did not show up in Applications → Sound and Video as it should have.

Upgrade to 2.0.1 - since you already added the repository, you can do so by going to System → Administration → Upgrade Manager. Then it should show up.

Vadi replied on February 12, 2009 14:15 to the question "Step by step needed to download and install into Ubuntu" in Participatory Culture Foundation (Miro):

I looked at the instructions myself and they are too technical. Synaptic is only designed for experienced users, normally Add/Remove or AptURL should do the job.

But anyhow - I believe the 2.0 release had a bug where it did not show up in Applications → Sound and Video as it should have.

Upgrade to 2.0.1 - since you already added the repository, you can do so by going to System → Administration → Upgrade Manager. Then it should show up.

Vadi shared an idea in allmyapps on January 20, 2009 14:07:

linebreaks in description

there is a problem with linebreaks in description: http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/8554/s...

Vadi replied on May 30, 2008 16:46 to the idea "What about supporting Linux?" in RescueTime:

To add to the last comment, you could ask getdeb.net to make a .deb. They even make ones for Second Life, so I'm sure they won't mind.

Vadi replied on May 30, 2008 16:22 to the idea "What about supporting Linux?" in RescueTime:

Could a .deb for Ubuntu be made please?