The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 7 ‘Gloria’ KDE.

Quick steps:

• Download the ISO or the torrent.
• While it’s downloading look at the overview of the new features and make sure to quickly go through the known issues.
• After the ISO is downloaded verify the MD5.
• Burn the ISO at low speed and enjoy Linux Mint 7 KDE.

Introduction to Linux Mint 7 KDE:

The KDE Community Edition aims to provide a version of Linux Mint which uses the KDE desktop.

For a detailed overview of the new features and improvements included in Linux Mint 7 KDE, please read “What’s new in Gloria KDE?“.

System requirements:

A minimum of 4GB of free space and 256MB RAM are needed. For a comfortable experience we recommended to have at least 512MB RAM and 10GB of free space.

Important information and known issues:

For a complete list of known issues read the Release Notes.

The root password is now set as the same as the one chosen during the installation.

If you’re using Mint tools in other distributions, make sure to turn off the adjustment system by editing /etc/linuxmint/mintSystem.conf.

Download Linux Mint 7 KDE:

You can download the Main Edition via torrent or via HTTP:

Size: 1.1GB LiveDVD

MD5Sum: 60d7b284446b6fdaf58cba91446ff5ff

Torrent download: http://www.linuxmint.com/torrent/LinuxMint-7-KDE.iso.torrent
HTTP download: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=42

Asia:

• http://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/Linux/LinuxMint-ISO/stable/7/community/ (Japan)
• http://ftp.riken.jp/pub/Linux/linuxmint/stable/7/community/ (Japan)

Europe:

• http://mirrors.cytanet.com.cy/linux/mint/stable/7/community/ (Cyprus)
• http://ftp.klid.dk/ftp/linuxmint/stable/7/community/ (Denmark)
• ftp://ftp.linuxmint-fr.org/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/7/community/ (France)
• http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/linuxmint/stable/7/community/ (Greece)
• http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/linuxmint.com/stable/7/community/ (Ireland)
• http://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/linuxmint/stable/7/community/ (Portugal)
• http://ftp.df.lth.se/pub/linuxmint/stable/7/community/ (Sweden)
• http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/linuxmint.com/stable/7/community/ (United Kingdom)

Northern America:

• http://mirror.amarillolinux.com/linuxmint/stable/7/community/ (USA)
• http://mint.ez.by/linuxmint.com/stable/7/community/ (USA)
• http://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/linuxmint.com/stable/7/community/ (USA)
• http://ftp.cs.rose-hulman.edu/linuxmint/stable/7/community/ (USA)
• http://linuxmint.secsup.org/stable/7/community/ (USA)
• ftp://mirrors.secution.com/linuxmint.com/stable/7/community/ (USA)

Rest of the World:

Order Linux Mint 7 KDE on DVD:

Our partner on-disk.com ships Linux Mint 7 KDE Worldwide for as little as $10. They also contribute $5.41 to Linux Mint for each DVD sold.

Linux Mint 7 KDE can be purchased as a liveDVD, as a virtual machine or as a live media (Flash/SD/CF):

• http://on-disk.com/index.php/cPath/28_153_340

Upgrade instructions:

Upgrade instructions will be published in a few days.

Feedback, ideas, bug reports:

We look forward to reading your reviews and your feedback. If you find bugs, don’t hesitate to report them at https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint and if you have ideas that you would like implemented, don’t hesitate to register blueprints at https://blueprints.launchpad.net/linuxmint

Enjoy!

Enjoy this new version of the KDE edition and don’t hesitate to send us your feedback. Congratulations and thanks to the maintainer, Jamie Boo Birse, for the excellent work done on this release.

Have a lot of fun and thanks for using Linux Mint.

Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

• $217, Achim Leybach (Germany) – http://www.leybach.de/
• $200, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – http://www.americanbroadbandservice.com/
• $200, Bob Osborn (USA)
• $150 (2nd donation), Alan D S. (USA)
• $101, Gavin Engel (USA)
• $100, Ronald S. (USA)
• $74, Richard L. (United Kingdom)
• $73, HJG Gommers (Netherlands)
• $72, Frans Van O. (Netherlands)
• $72, Frederick W. (Ireland)
• $51, Rupert Halliday aka “rhalliday” (United Kingdom)
• $50, Benjamin W. (USA)
• $50, Roland Stohler (Switzerland)
• $50, Peter Jonsson (Sweden)
• $50, Virtual Dedicated Server VDS Hosting Provider (Canada) – http://compevo.com/
• $50, Leonard O. (United Kingdom)
• $50, Bodyartforms (USA)
• $44, Lucien B. (France)
• $44, Marco T. (Italy)
• $43, Francisco C. C. (Spain)
• $40, David A B. (USA)
• $37, Manuel F. (Portugal)
• $35, David N. (Czech Republic)
• $30, Adam S. (USA)
• $30, Richard B Thompson (USA)
• $30, James M. (Australia)
• $30, Pawel B. (Poland)
• $28, g.premper (Germany)
• $28, Emmanouil Parousis aka “Till” (Greece) – http://tilltheblog.blogspot.com/
• $28, Gilles D. (France)
• $28, Luis H. O. (Spain)
• $26, David Bandiera aka “daba” (Belgium)
• $25 (2nd donation), William S. (USA)
• $25, Nicholas G. (USA)
• $25, David P. (USA)
• $25, Greg J. (USA)
• $25, Robert L. (USA)
• $25, Robert S. (USA)
• $25, upFront.eZine Publishing, Ltd. aka “lurker” (Canada) – http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/gizmos/
• $20, Simon Teppett (United Kingdom)
• $20, Mario P. (Italy)
• $20, Keith D. aka “kpd001” (Canada)
• $20, Nick M. (Australia)
• $20, Jean Morin (Canada)
• $20, Graham C. aka “gee7” (United Kingdom)
• $20, SCN aka “scn” (Thailand)
• $20, Gerardo Alberto F. R. (Mexico)
• $20, Sri G. R. J. (USA)
• $20, Nathaniel Elam aka “nelamvr6” (USA)
• $20, Maurice H. (USA)
• $20, Thomas T. (USA)
• $20, Nektarios K. (United Kingdom)
• $20, David S. (Czech Republic)
• $20, Anthony G. (United Kingdom)
• $18, Flessner Enterprises (USA)
• $17, Gordon W. (United Kingdom)
• $15, Matthew G. (USA)
• $14.5, Jackson W. (USA)
• $14, Mark W. (United Kingdom)
• $14, Robert B. (United Kingdom)
• $14, Damien G. (France)
• $14, Richard Farrell aka “Vyper68” (United Kingdom)
• $14, Alan H. (United Kingdom)
• $14, Michael B. (Germany)
• $10 (5th donation), Frank Bechstein (Germany) – http://www.gamer-site.de/
• $10, Ole Reidar Gunnberg (United Kingdom)
• $10, Jamie Cameron aka “jamiec” (United Kingdom)
• $10, Jordan L. (USA)
• $10, Charles H. (USA)
• $10, Leon O. (Australia)
• $10, Raphael C. (World)
• $10, Vjaceslavs L. (Latvia)
• $10, Karolis Pocius (United Kingdom) – http://karolis.pocius.lt/
• $10, Simen D aka “Winxzy” (Norway) – http://www.winxzy.info/
• $10, Gustav Holm aka “Gustav” (Sweden) – http://www.gustavholm.com/
• $10, Slavoljub M. (Norway)
• $10, Libor F. (Czech Republic)
• $10, Chris G. aka “Chris_G” (USA)
• $10, Danie van der Merwe aka “Danie” (South Africa) – http://dvdmerwe.googlepages.com/
• $10, 聶 聡 (Satoshi J.) (Japan)
• $10, Jonathan H. (New Zealand)
• $8.21, Christopher S. (United Kingdom)
• $7, Ben W. (USA)
• $7, Reza S. (Germany)
• $5, Holger S. (Germany)
• $5, Scott B. (USA)
• $5, Ian T Davis aka “ian@m5j21” (United Kingdom) – http://www.iantdavis.btinternet.co.uk/
• $5, Christopher Vogel (Germany)
• $5, Platypus Products (USA)
• $5, Radu Bogdan Draghiciu (Romania)
• $5, Karin K. aka “Kalhandra” (Australia) – http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=431664975
• $5, Michael K. (USA)
• $5, Joachim Bergstrom (Norway)
• $3.5, Corey K. (Canada)
• $3, Winton Technologies (USA)
• $2, Gowri S. M (India)
• $1, Ruben C. M. (Spain)
• $1, Abdu S. (Saudi Arabia)
• $1, Tony F. (Ireland)
• $1, Mohd R. R. (Malaysia)

Sponsors:

• $100, Host Color (USA) – http://www.hostcolor.com/vps
• $75, John Ritchie (Aging Technogeek – USA)
• $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) – http://www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com
• $40, Az Van (newW2 – USA)
• $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – http://www.americanbroadbandservice.com
• $20, TOPIMMOBILIEN (Tim – Germany) – http://www.immobilien-es.com
• $20, Scott P. (USA)
• $11, cheap vps hosting – http://www.neosurge.com
• $10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) – http://stitzcomputers.com
• $10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) – http://www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de
• $10 Gustav Holm (Sweden) – http://gustavholm.com
• $10, Progboys.Com  (UK) – http://www.progboys.com
• $7, Unixmen – http://www.unixmen.com/
• $7, Jesse Burroughs (JpBя – USA)
• $7, Panagiotis Papasaikas (Greece) – http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ppapasai/
• $6, Attila Vecsei (Finland) – http://www.vecsei.net
• $5, linuxmint-fr.org (ludal – France) – http://www.linuxmint-fr.org
• $5, linuxmint-italia.org (Pietro Martino / prior123 – Italy) – http://www.linuxmint-italia.org
• $5, Guillermo Enrique Guglietti (Canada) – http://www.urbancsa.org
• $5, Sohier C.
  
• $5, Christopher D.
• $5, DLX Company (USA) – http://www.dlxcompany.com/
• $5, Stuart C.
• $5, Paul S.
• $3.5, Ian Egland (Echolynx – USA)
• $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
• $2, Funkelectric (Spain) – http://www.funkelectric.com/
• $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – http://www.nvisn.com/
• $1, very-clever.com – http://www.very-clever.com
• $1, Busybits – http://www.busybits.com
• $1, linboo.com – http://www.linboo.com
• $1, Expert Bookings – http://www.expert-bookings.com
• $1, Cyprus Property (Cyprus) – http://www.leptosestates.com/
• $1, Недвижимость на Кипре (Cyprus) – http://www.leptos-estates.ru/
• $1, Prasad S.R. (India) – http://saysprasad.wordpress.com/
• $1, Surf in Peace (UK) – http://www.surfinpeace.co.uk/
• $1, Alex Smith (UK) – http://nullroute.me
• $1 Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) – http://jasiulewicz.pl
• $1, Poker Bankroll (France) – http://www.thebankrollers.com/
• $1, Erin G.
  
• $0.5, Martijn van Loon (aapiethaaap – Netherlands)
• $0.5, Nottingham web design (UK) – http://www.drawmyattention.co.uk/

Money raised in June:

* Donations: $2984.21 (100 donors)
* Sponsors: $465.5 (42 sponsors)

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

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

• Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 68% (+8%)
  
• Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 20% (-6%)
  
• Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 8% (-1%)
  
• Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 4%

Web Stats:

• Visits: 1,673,439 (+7.26%)
  
• Pageviews: 3,037,810 (+3.32%)
• Page impressions: 1,237,530
• Search queries: 3,698,209
• Forum users: 18,984
• Forum posts:165,650

Rankings:

• Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1275 (4th)
• Distrowatch (traffic share): 3.9% (2nd)
• Alexa (website ranking): 27,636th

Events:

• Linux Mint 7 Gloria XFCE RC1 was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=962
  
• Linux Mint 7 Gloria KDE RC1 was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=935
  
• mintCast released 2 episodes of their podcast: http://mintcast.org/

Summary:

• July 2009 was the (5th consecutive) best month ever since the creation of Linux Mint.
• The overall income is up 5%.
• Our user base is the second largest in the desktop Linux market.
• The community support is outstanding: 100 people donated last month for a total of $2984 and our sponsors raised $465.
• A lot of work was done on the upcoming Linux Mint 8 ‘Helena’ and on the releases of the community editions. Launchpad and Github were adopted and will have a positive impact on our efficiency. The real challenge is still ahead as Linux Mint lost its novelty factor within the Linux community and hasn’t managed to catch the attention of the media in order to compete with widespread commercial operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS.