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Monthly Stats – April 2012

Written by Clem on May 8th, 2012

Donations & Sponsorships:

Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:

Donors:

$259.44, Christian D.
$259.44, Richard G.
$200, Thomas O.
$100 (8th donation), Jordan S.
$100 (5th donation), Richard H.
$100 (4th donation), Ralph Siegler aka “ziggy“
$100 (3rd donation), Mohammed A.
$100, Hans S.
$100, William W.
$100, Stephen B.
$100, Robert B.
$80 (4th donation), Alan Hall
$77.83 (3rd donation), Muharem Hrnjadovic aka “al-maisan“
$77.83, Remy F.
$64.86 (5th donation), Kimmo K.
$64.86 (3rd donation), Goran A.
$64.86, Duc de la rochefoucauld aka “Gorgus”
$64.86, Christoph N.
$50 (31st donation), Slavoljub aka “slw”
$50 (25th donation), Matthew M.
$50 (14th donation), Tsuguo S.
$50 (2nd donation), Tyrone P.
$50, Roger W.
$50, Chris Coughlin
$50, Christopher F.
$50, Tim A.
$50, Rudolph C.
$50, William W.
$50, Juan B. G. M.
$50, Rod S.
$40 (3rd donation), Jose M.
$38.91 (26th donation), Olli K.
$38.91 (2nd donation), Chema Cortes aka “ch3m4″
$32.43 (2nd donation), Joachim M.
$32.43, Alexander R.
$32.43, Dirk H.
$32.43, Stefan W.
$32.43, Juergen F.
$30, Mihai C.G. aka “Snowfall”
$30, Garry H.
$30, Charles R.
$25.94, Corrado N.
$25.94, Steven P. aka “Sarge”
$25.94, Manuel M. P.
$25.94, Michiel W. aka “Zonnevuur”
$25 (9th donation), Adam D.
$25 (7th donation), Ronald W.
$25 (7th donation), Vance R. aka “helmsdeeper”
$25 (6th donation), Ronald W.
$25 (4th donation), bdantas
$25 (3rd donation), stewy
$25 (2nd donation), Jim Duffield aka “sapperk9″
$25 (2nd donation), John S.
$25, David C.
$25, Jody D.
$25, Will Hsiung
$25, Alistair G.
$25, Nathaniel aka “Pointedstick“
$25, Ronald F.
$25, Bob Plester aka “mistamule”
$25, Jamie D.
$25, Edmund B.
$22 (11th donation), John A.
$20 (7th donation), Brian G.
$20 (5th donation), James R.
$20 (2nd donation), Thomas M.
$20 (2nd donation), Srikanth M.
$20, Tobias H.
$20, Hugh N.
$20, Craig
$20, Gary L.
$20, Amanda S.
$20, Richard M.
$20, Curt A.
$20, Paul S.
$20, Luke J.
$16.86 (5th donation), Zoe Q.
$16, Richard F.
$15.57, Grany’s H.
$15 (3rd donation), Hannes G.
$15, Abdul B.
$15, Peter H.
$15, William D.
$15, Jonas B.
$15, Nikolaos K.
$13, Carlos S.
$12.97 (4th donation), Jens-uwe R.
$12.97 (3rd donation), zerozero
$12.97, Pedro R.
$12.97, Hannes K.
$12.97, Roelof R.
$12.97, José J. A. A.
$12.97, Christoph R.
$12.97, Davide B. aka “aptgethappy”
$12.66, hempforest.net aka “rufong“
$12, Jose J. A. M.
$12, William B.
$10.37, Konstantinos T.
$10 (14th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
$10 (12th donation), John A.
$10 (6th donation), Frank Martin aka “”kitanis”"
$10 (5th donation), Juergen G.
$10 (4th donation), Peter Larson
$10 (4th donation), Hartmann Maier aka “hkmle”
$10 (3rd donation), CW P.
$10 (3rd donation), Peter Meloncelli aka “driekus”
$10 (2nd donation), Jens P.
$10 (2nd donation), John D. G.
$10, Jesse G. III
$10, Eduardo R.
$10, Zachary R.
$10, Harald S.
$10, Andy W.
$10, Mel C.
$10, Laszlo C.
$10, Nancy M.
$10, Ashwani S. aka “Bobby”
$10, Jann S.
$10, Samuel C.
$10, Victor F.
$10, Ondrej H.
$10, Andrew D.
$10, Atul D.
$9.73 (10th donation), Ronald Trip
$9.45 (3rd donation), Dominik K. aka “doke“
$9.08, Mario P.
$6.49 (7th donation), SM
$6.49 (5th donation), Piermario R.
$6.49, Cristiano A. aka “Tuxlandia“
$6.49, Marco aka “Dictionary-Maker“
$6.49, Johannes S.
$6.49, Benjamin B.
$6.49, Marco F.
$6, Ihor P.
$5.5, Keith K.
$5.19, Philippe P.
$5 (9th donation), Antonina K. aka “Tonya”
$5 (7th donation), Y.K. aka “Market Analysis“
$5 (4th donation), StuzzHosting.com
$5, SourDee.com aka “SourDee“
$5, Dave G.
$5, Sexy B.
$5, Joao P.
$5, Ryan T.
$5, Paul V.
$5, Joseph Moschini aka “forthnutter”
$4.44 (5th donation), free domain names
$4.22, Alexander aka “Uns“
$4.22, Alexander aka “Uns“
$2.59 (6th donation), Jose A.H.
$2.59 (5th donation), Jurek W.
$2.59 (3rd donation), Yannick G. aka “Uggy”
$2.37, Derek B.
$2 (3rd donation), Vadim B.
$2 (2nd donation), Clayton S.
$2, Shankar S.
$1.3, Emam Naghi Fans aka “Imam Naghi Fans“
$1.3, Walter P.
$1 (6th donation), Vitamini
$1 (5th donation), futon covers
$1 (5th donation), Pharmacie en ligne
$1 (4th donation), Pharmacie en ligne
$1 (3rd donation), Juhani K.
$1 (2nd donation), Ethoseo Internet Marketing Washington aka “Bellingham SEO“
$1, J.M. H. aka “BostonPeng“
$1, Kevin C.
$0.5 (5th donation), Javier Bassi

Sponsors:

$6375, Blue Systems – Netrunner
$525, R1Soft
$500, Milton Security Group
$400, ThinkPenguin.com
$75, Aging Technogeek aka “Aging Technogeek”
$40, Kinescope Inc.
$30, Kyle Jones aka Mutiny32
$27, Coupons
$26, Windows VPS Hosting
$25, Blayne B.
$21, Sezer Yalcin
$20, CEPTOR Datentechnik oHG
$20, D M Hamilton
$20, David Reisner
$20, David S.
$20, Guillaume V. aka Larlequin
$20, Helmut Kleinhans
$20, Kristian S.
$20, Roland A.
$20, Sascha Reinsch
$15, David Liebert
$13, Scott S.
$13, Unixmen- Linux Howtos & Tutorials
$12, Promotional Products
$12, Thomas S.
$12, Thomas S.
$12, Tim W.
$11, J.S. Johnson
$11, Promotional Mouse Mats
$10, Advermedia
$10, Andre H.
$10, Barry’s Tickets
$10, Fromax
$10, JimQ
$10, Jonathan K.
$10, Marcus Seidler
$10, Mattias S. (DynamicMan)
$10, Mattias S. (DynamicMan)
$10, Mugs Promotional
$10, newW2
$10, pastelito-sueco.com
$10, Raees Miyan
$10, Ronald B.
$10, Shaun Hills
$10, Tara Norris
$10, ThinkPenguin
$10, Turin
$10, Website Auditor
$9, Promotional Items
$8, Attila Vecsei
$8, Printed Clothing
$7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя”
$7, Martin S.
$7, Personalised Clothing
$7, Promotional Mug
$6, Clothing Promotional
$6, deep64blue
$6, Martin Senftleben aka “DrMartinus“
$6, PROMOTIONAL PLUS LTD
$5, Alexander Bremnes
$5, Chicago Trivia Guys
$5, Craig
$5, David Stow
$5, Don Brubaker
$5, Duncan Colhoun
$5, Jeffrey S.
$5, Joe H. aka “JoeFootball”
$5, Kelley J.
$5, Kelley J.
$5, Kelly OShea
$5, Laurent P.
$5, Lee K.
$5, Ludovic G.
$5, Mahen
$5, Martin R.
$5, Matthew Y.
$5, Peter K.
$5, Printed Clothing
$5, Printed Mug
$5, Private Jets Charter
$5, Promotional Gifts
$5, Sayeed Baksh
$5, Sohier C.
$5, Steve Burdine aka “Highfructose327“
$5, Thomas Nehrlich
$5, Torstein Sornes aka “todda7″
$5, Vlad The Impatient
$5, YAMPE GmbH
$4, Baby Shower Favors
$4, Chile travel
$4, Josef Kulhanek
$3.14, Kindi
$3.1, Laptop Driver
$3, CreationsByRichie – $9.00 Static jpg Web Banner Designs
$3, Elliot Padgett
$3, n[oO]ne
$3, Simon R.
$3, Stephen Aghaulor
$2.5, Vince Marsters
$2.1, Product Reviews Community
$2, Caravan Awnings
$2, Douglas T.
$2, Greg Flynn
$2, Joerg Dreckmann
$2, RentDeals.com
$2, Ryan Cragun
$2, småfolk
$2, SPAC Information and News
$2, Tangled Frog Web Design
$2, testing home for mold
$2, VeganQuebec
$1.66, Ainer.org
$1.5, Daniel A.
$1.5, Farbyte
$1.25, Justin Peterson
$1.05, Wezley
$1, Недвижимость на Кипре
$1, недвижимость в греции
$1, Alamsyah R.
$1, Albert J. P.
$1, Bespoke Engagement Rings
$1, Best Of Youtube
$1, Can Stock Photo
$1, Cheap SEO service
$1, Cialis
$1, Cyprus Resale
$1, Cyprus Weather
$1, DJ Conde
$1, Foto Search Stock Photography
$1, Frank S.
$1, Go Graph Stock Photography
$1, GTB-Metaldesign
$1, Hard Drive Reviews
$1, HealthBuffs.com
$1, ICR Finance Pty Ltd
$1, iPad News
$1, Javier Ruiz
$1, John Michael L.
$1, John Michael L.
$1, Josh Klomp
$1, levitra
$1, Penguenci.com
$1, Poker Fieber
$1, Pokerschule
$1, Press Release Monkey
$1, Property In Greece
$1, Radu-Liviu C.
$1, redfoa
$1, redfoa
$1, Steffen Lange
$1, Sunburnt Internet Marketing
$1, Vaclav Pavek
$1, very-clever.com
$1, Zenworks Servizi Web
$0.95, Annual Percentage Rate Finder
$0.9, www.pPage.net
$0.5, Awesome Link Directory
$0.5, Ethoseo Internet Marketing
$0.5, Foobnix – Music Player for Linux, Android, Windows
$0.5, Irina D.

Money raised in April:

* Donations: $4527.43 (167 donors)
* Sponsors: $8855 (160 sponsors)

http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

Rankings:

Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 4399 (1st)
Alexa (website ranking): 7,022nd

Events:

mintCast released 4 podcast episodes: http://www.mintcast.org
LMDE Update Pack4 was released
LMDE 201204 RC was released
LMDE 201204 was released

News and summary:

I would like to apologize to all the people who donate to and sponsor Linux Mint for the time it took us to publish these stats. We’re extremely grateful for the empowerment you give us. No matter how hard things get, how little time we have and how ambitious our projects are, we know we’ve got your support and so we don’t need to worry about commercial aspects and we can fully focus on one thing and one thing only: making Linux Mint better. I would like to thank those who make this possible, our primary sponsor Blue Systems, but also companies which actively back us such as DuckDuckGo, Opera, Yahoo, CompuLab, R1Soft, Milton Security Group, ThinkPenguin… and so many others. I’d like to thank also, all the donors and sponsors whose contributions add up to what is a fantastic financial support for our project. We’re aware of the fact that there are very few projects on the Internet which benefit from such a generous and supporting community, and we feel extremely privileged by this. Thank you all for helping us!
LMDE was released and it was the first release to feature a stable version of MATE and of course the brand new Cinnamon. We’re extremely proud of this release and for Linux Mint 13 we want to do even better. With both MATE and Cinnamon getting their own dedicated editions, we’ll be able to integrate each of these desktops even further within the operating system. We’ve also heard your opinion, via the poll, and we acknowledge the fact that the most popular environments within our community are Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce and KDE. Going forward, we’ll focus primarily on these desktops.

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