September 2010 – Page 3 – The Linux Mint Blog

Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

$121, Security Camera (USA) – http://www.security-camera-warehouse.com/
$100, Michael D. (USA)
$100, Thomas P. (USA)
$100, William D. aka “eagleshadow” (USA)
$75, Joseph B. (USA)
$60 (2nd donation), Laurent P. (Luxembourg)
$60, Alexander T. (France)
$60, Giuliano L. (Italy)
$60, Jari K. (Finland)
$50, Richard F. (USA)
$50, DataMan (USA) – http://www.boomerclan.info
$36, Lars K. (Germany)
$35 (9th donation), Pete Molina aka “pmolina” (USA)
$35, Gnana K. aka “Jakkal” (United Kingdom)
$30 (2nd donation), Bill E. (USA)
$30, Pinna A. (Italy)
$30, Kevin Dermott (United Kingdom)
$25 (4th donation), Harvey Elliott (United Kingdom)
$25, Larry’s Technology Services (USA)
$25, Randy T. (USA)
$25, Peter James C. (United Kingdom)
$25, Jack D. (USA)
$24 (6th donation), Olli K. (Finland)
$24, Tom S. (Germany)
$24, Erkka J. (Finland)
$24, Joseph R. (France)
$24, Ivan M. (Italy)
$24, Ulrik W. (Germany)
$24, Yuhuan X. aka “jeditech” (China)
$24, Tobias A. (Germany)
$21 (3rd donation), Frederic S. (France)
$20 (5th donation), Matthew M. (USA)
$20 (3rd donation), Barry W. (USA)
$20 (2nd donation), Seth S. (USA)
$20 (2nd donation), Edward H. (USA)
$20, Anonymous (USA)
$20, Anonymous (USA)
$20, Brian B. aka “ubii” (USA)
$20, Don R. (USA)
$20, Brinley T. (Australia)
$20, Chan C. Y. C. (Hong Kong)
$18 (9th donation), Frank Bechstein (Germany) – http://www.gamer-site.de/
$18, Anonymous (Netherlands)
$17, Dennis V. H. (Denmark)
$16, John-Egil U. L. (Norway)
$15 (14th donation), Slavoljub M. (Norway)
$15 (2nd donation), Vance R. aka “helmsdeeper” (USA)
$14, Rizwan Javaid (United Kingdom)
$13, Kimmo B. (Sweden)
$12 (11th donation), Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
$12 (11th donation), Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
$12 (2nd donation), Eniko V. (Italy)
$12, Marco K. (Germany)
$11 (6th donation), Robert D B. (USA)
$11, Jaarin P. (Czech Republic)
$10 (3rd donation), Anthony S. (USA)
$10 (2nd donation), Ashley Peach (United Kingdom) – http://www.dog-toy.co.uk
$10 (2nd donation), Barron R. (USA)
$10 (2nd donation), David O. (United Kingdom)
$10 (2nd donation), Raimond L. (Lithuania)
$10, Jonathan O. (USA)
$10, Giulio G. (Italy)
$10, Hector Richart P. (Spain)
$10, Jeff W. (Canada)
$10, Gareth D. (United Kingdom)
$10, Bartlomiej H. (United Kingdom)
$10, Demostene M. (Italy)
$10, Stephanie O’G. G. (United Kingdom)
$10, Sarah A. (USA)
$10, David R. (USA)
$10, Anonymous (Hungary)
$10, Rodion B. (Ukraine)
$10, George M. (USA)
$9, Zachary Brian Hill (USA) – http://www.hillz.me
$9, Markus D. (Germany)
$7.5, Mr R H. (United Kingdom)
$7, Flemming B. (Sweden)
$6 (4th donation), Sylwia Bialczak (Finland)
$6 (2nd donation), Nathan B. (United Kingdom)
$5.5, frager3rd (USA)
$5 (3rd donation), Michael G. (Germany)
$5, Daniel T. (United Kingdom)
$5, Jason M. (USA)
$5, Aaron C. (USA)
$5, Ian Carson aka “xtreem0” (Canada) – http://www.2sidereviews.com
$5, Gary Armstrong aka “GaryArmstrong” (Canada)
$5, Darin B. (Canada)
$5, Nate S. (USA)
$5, Srinath V Srinath (Singapore)
$5, Mark D. (USA)
$5, Paul V-W. (United Kingdom)
$5, Don Brubaker (USA)
$5, Janelle B. (Canada)
$5, Arthur H. (USA)
$5, Александр Борисов (Russia) – http://metric-ghost.livejournal.com
$4 (9th donation), Savant B.D. (USA) – http://www.allyourprices.com
$3, Stef A. (Netherlands)
$2 (6th donation), Jennifer McBride (Canada) – http://www.only-green.ca
$2 (4th donation), Ryan G. (Philippines) – http://azcoding.com
$2 (2nd donation), Nils K. (Germany)
$2, Angel M. B. (Dominican Republic)
$2, Sinan B. (Canada)
$1 (5th donation), Inga Muste (Latvia) – http://inga.lv
$1 (4th donation), Ken Weill P. Lumacad aka “kenweill” (Philippines) – http://tinyurl.com/kenweillref
$1 (4th donation), Ken Weill P. Lumacad aka “kenweill” (Philippines) – http://tinyurl.com/kenweillref
$1 (2nd donation), Sylvestre Burgos aka “sylvestre” (France) – http://burgos.sourceforge.net
$1 (2nd donation), Gonzalo C. (Argentina) – http://www.vagobit.com.ar
$1, Javier C. (USA)
$1, Anonymous (India)
$1, Daniel F. (Austria)
$1, Michael B. (Germany)
$1, Thomas G. (USA)
$0.5, Eric Cooper (Canada)
$0, Rashed Al R. (Saudi Arabia)

Sponsors:

$231, R1Soft (USA) – http://www.r1soft.com/tools/linux-hot-copy/?ls=linuxmint
$106, SEOMoves (USA) – http://www.seomoves.org
$75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek” (USA)
$30, Kim J.
$25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – http://www.americanbroadbandservice.com/
$22, TOPIMMOBILIEN aka “Tim” – http://www.immobilien-es.com/
$20, Az Van aka “newW2” (USA)
$20, CEPTOR Datentechnik oHG (Germany) – http://www.ceptor.de
$20, Scott P. (USA)
$15, Luis Cintron (USA)
$12, Thomas S. aka “Thom aus Breuberg” (Germany)
$12, Tim W. (USA)
$10, Angel M. D.
$10, Anthony Gallon (New Zealand)
$10, Barry’s Tickets (USA) – http://www.barrystickets.com
$10, Brandon P.
$10, Christopher P.
$10, Jack H. – http://www.dlxcompany.com
$10, Real Estate Centers – http://www.realestatecenters.net
$10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) aka “Tim” – http://www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de/
$10, Rob S.
$10, SEM Visibility
$10, Website Auditor – http://www.websiteauditor.org
$10, William C. Mitchell aka “onewing” (USA)
$10, worldsrealestate.net – http://www.worldsrealestate.net
$8, Attila Vecsei (Finland) – http://www.vecsei.net
$7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя” (USA)
$6, Kenneth E.
$6, Martin Senftleben aka “DrMartinus” (Germany) – http://www.drmartinus.de
$5, Don Brubaker (USA)
$5, Flemming D. Joergensen aka “DcyMatrix” (Denmark) – http://tuxtrack.org
$5, J.A. Sin aka “Futari” (Spain)
$5, Joe H. aka “JoeFootball” (USA)
$5, Kevin D.
$5, Matthew Y.
$5, Nick H. (USA)
$5, Parental Control Software – http://www.refog.com/parental-control-software.html
$5, Private Jets Charter – http://www.privatejetscharter.net
$5, Promotional Gifts – http://www.prodpromo.com
$5, Sohier C.
$5, Steve Burdine aka “Highfructose327” – http://artandfoss.blogspot.com
$5, Thomas Howson (United Kingdom) – http://www.tomhowson.co.uk
$5, Torstein Sornes aka “todda7” (Norway)
$5, Wayne Noel L. (United Kingdom)
$4, Chile travel (Chile) – http://www.letsgochile.com
$4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx ” (USA)
$3, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs – http://creationsbyrichie.com
$3, Josef K.
$2, Dan Jackson (United Kingdom)
$2, Douglas T.
$2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
$2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – http://www.nvisn.com/
$2, Ryan Lewon aka “vt102” – http://vt102.com
$2, SPAC Information and News – http://www.spacinfo.com
$1.5, Farbyte (United Kingdom) – http://farbyte.com
$1, Недвижимость на Кипре (Cyprus) – http://www.cyprusresaleproperties.ru
$1, недвижимость в греции – http://www.agpropertygreece.com
$1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) – http://www.cyprusresaleproperties.com
$1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) – http://www.mycyprusweather.com
$1, Frank S.
$1, giochi gratis (Italy) – http://www.knickers.it
$1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)
$1, iPad News (Italy) – http://www.ipaddisti.it
$1, Pokerschule – http://pokerschulen.com
$1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)
$1, Seth Forrestier – http://www.4sta.com
$1, surfinpeace.co.uk – http://www.surfinpeace.co.uk
$1, very-clever.com – http://www.very-clever.com/

Money raised in August:

* Donations: $2098.5 (114 donors)
* Sponsors: $860.5 (68 sponsors)

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

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

Linux Mint 9 Isadora: 59% (+6%)
Linux Mint 8 Helena: 18% (-4%)
Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 16% (-2%)
Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 3% (-0%)
Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 2% (-0%)
Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-0%)

Web Stats:

Visits: 2,548,494 (-2.98%)
Unique views: 3,192,820 (-3.75%)
Pageviews: 4,147,616 (-3.62%)
Page impressions: 1,755,402
Search queries: 6,342,252
Forum users: 35,875
Forum posts: 298,723

Rankings:

Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1374 (3rd)
Distrowatch (traffic share): 4.7% (2nd)
Alexa (website ranking): 19,065

Events:

Local Communities get officially listed: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1513
Linux Mint 9 Xfce was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1505
LMDE (Linux Mint Debian) goes into testing: http://community.linuxmint.com/iso
mintCast released 1 episode: http://mintcast.org/

Summary:

In August, LMDE (Linux Mint Debian) was finalized. The rolling distribution based on Debian is now being tested by our QA team and a public release should be out early this month.
The Fluxbox edition is also in testing and waiting to be approved for a stable release.
August was by far the most quiet month we ever got to see. The activity on the blog, on the forums, the amount of emails received, the donations, and even the sponsorships were extremely low compared to previous months. In terms of income, we’re not doing too bad. We’re down 2.7% but we’re hoping for a more dynamic month in September.
Early September will see the release of the new anticipated Debian-based distribution: LMDE. And we’re also really excited to start the work on the new Linux Mint 10 which will be released in November.
If like many you were away in August, we’d like to welcome you back and we look forward to an exciting month. The Summer was relaxing, but Autumn is going to be fun!

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