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

Sponsors:

– $70, Philippe Lotz, MBA, International Consulting & Coaching (alsaphil – France)
– $36, Adrian Jones (todds – UK)
– $25, Az Van (newW2 – USA)
– $11, LinuxISOS.de (Germany) – http://www.linuxisos.de
– $10, Tuxdevil Outsourcing LLC http://www.tuxdevil.net
– $10, TOPIMMOBILIEN (Tim – Germany) – http://www.immobilien-es.com
– $10, MXD Internet Solutions (Filip Oscadal – Czech Republic) – http://www.mxd.biz
– $7, Panagiotis Papasaikas (Greece) – http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ppapasai/
– $5, Vassilis Skoullis (Greece)
– $5, linuxmint-italia.org (Pietro Martino / prior123 – Italy) – http://www.linuxmint-italia.org
– $5, Robert Holland
– $5, Kevin Gabbert
– $2, LinuxMint-Forum.de (Germany) – http://linuxmint-forum.de/
– $2, Khurt Williams (USA) – http://islandinthenet.com/
– $1, Lintelligence.de. (d00p – Germany) – http://www.lintelligence.de
– $1, Linuxmint.de (d00p – Germany) – http://www.linuxmint.de
– $1, Pietro Martino
– $0.5 Martijn van Loon (aapiethaaap – Netherlands)

Donors:

– $100 (3rd donation) Ronald R. (USA)
– $100 Tony Skilton (Logs_Con – UK)
– $82 Peer B. (Germany)
– $50 (2nd donation) Albert Mayse (USA)
– $50 Susan M. (USA)
– $50 Herbert L. (UK)
– $49 Jonathan D. (France)
– $41 DB. (Dick – Netherlands)
– $40 (2nd donation) Harald Gauslaa (Norway)
– $35 Leroy and Louise Haury (USA)
– $35 Alon H. (alonhzn – Israel) – http://www.magen-yehuda.com/
– $34 John M. Henry (ve2vq – Canada)
– $33 Christoph Lange (ratpertus – Germany)
– $33 Nasef K. (UK)
– $30 Iain G. (UK)
– $25 Ric D’I. (USA)
– $25 Rene de V. (Netherlands)
– $20 Vivian P. (UK)
– $20 John T. (USA)
– $20 Robert McA. (USA)
– $20 Sol H. (Australia)
– $16 Rene T. (France)
– $15 Stephen C. (USA)
– $12 Tim MacD. (Canada)
– $10 Damian T. (USA)
– $10 Christopher Artz (Lantesh – USA)
– $10 Henry W. (USA)
– $5 Andrew S. (USA)

Money raised in May:
– Donations: $970
– Sponsors: $206.5

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

Welcome to the Linux Mint Newsletter

* News about Mint

Finally Elyssa was released

Release notes for Elyssa

We are working on the Community Editions

Latest wallpaper of the week 

* News about Linux

Barack Obama uses LAMP

Ubuntu to make an edition for netbooks

* News about IT

Sweden to “follow EU rules” – adopts wide ranging wire tap law

Germany adopts an anti-terror law that would grant police the power to monitor private residences, telephones and computers.

A quarter of US computer infected with malware

US bank loses unencrypted data on 4.5m people

It doesn’t take a database expert to break into one 

Legit websites more and more compromised

Wienna to switch from Linux to Vista – reason given – a “software used in a kindergarten language-learning programme called ‘Schlaumäuse’, which requires Internet Explorer, according to city officials quoted in the report”. A report states that the city could have subsidised a Firefox version of the software for a fraction of the cost of the Windows Vista migration.

* Hardware news

* Trivia and other links 

* Editors comment

As always – if you find something I’ve missed in the newsletter please tell me – you can post a comment here

It is with great pleasure that I officially announce the release of Linux Mint 5 Elyssa.

Please find all relevant information (list of new features, known issues, download mirrors & torrents, upgrade instructions, user guide, software portal) about the Main Edition at this address: http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_elyssa.php

For the Light Edition, please visit: http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_elyssa_light.php

I hope you’ll enjoy our latest release and don’t hesitate to give us feedback.

Have fun and thanks for choosing Linux Mint.