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The release of Linux Mint 10 has brought more traffic than we’ve ever seen before, and sadly also much more than our server is able to cope with. We’ve got dedicated servers for the website, the blog, the forums and the seeding of the torrents, and even with that, we’re not able to face the traffic!

Here are the download links to the ISOs and torrents:

Torrents:

HTTP mirrors:

Our apologies to people who are trying to access the website.

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The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 10.


Linux Mint 10

New features at a glance:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 10“.

Known problems:

  • Splash screen resolution
  • Moonlight
  • Upstream issues

To get more information about these problems and their solution, read the “Known problems” section of the release notes.

System requirements:

  • x86 processor (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
  • 512 MB of system memory (RAM)
  • 4 GB of disk space for installation
  • Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
  • CD-ROM drive or USB port

Upgrade instructions:

  • To upgrade from a previous version of Linux Mint follow these instructions.
  • To upgrade from Linux Mint 10 RC, simply apply any level 1 and 2 updates (if any) available in the Update Manager.

Download:

Linux Mint 10 is available in 32-bit and 64-bit via Torrent and HTTP download:

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun with this new release!

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Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

  • $150, Jim D. aka “jajodo”
  • $135, Dr J. C. aka “Medicine Man“
  • $108 (2nd donation), Achim Leybach
  • $100 (2nd donation), Jordan S.
  • $100, Pascal A.
  • $100, Bruno C.
  • $100, Stephen P.
  • $100, Onofre Properties and Rentals
  • $100, Somers Rocks Press
  • $100, altair4
  • $100, Robert C.
  • $94.5, Olivier R.
  • $91, Balázs G.
  • $81.25 (2nd donation), Ian M. aka “iMitch403”
  • $81 (3rd donation), Jan W.
  • $78, Orlando M. M.
  • $67.5, Niranjan Radhakrishnan aka “niranj”
  • $65 (2nd donation), Edwin Vervliet aka “edwin”
  • $65, Jozsef B.
  • $61.75 (2nd donation), Ian M. aka “iMitch403”
  • $60 (2nd donation), David Gagne aka “davidgagne80”
  • $54.6, Nick Prosch
  • $52 (2nd donation), Olaf L. aka “olligod”
  • $51 (2nd donation), Suyog B.
  • $50 (7th donation), Jonathan B. Horen aka “JBHoren“
  • $50 (2nd donation), Richard H.
  • $50, John M.
  • $50, Carlos H. G.
  • $50, Glenn R.
  • $50, William R.
  • $50, Simon N.
  • $50, Paul E.
  • $50, 21st Century Cabinets
  • $50, Paul C
  • $50, Tim M.
  • $50, Michael L. aka “ddavid123”
  • $50, Philip M.
  • $50, Carl G.
  • $47.25, Sebastian W.
  • $47.25, Christian aka “nert”
  • $40, Johh D.
  • $40, Dale R.
  • $39 (5th donation), Wolfgang P.
  • $37, Jarosław N.
  • $35 (11th donation), Pete Molina aka “pmolina”
  • $35 (2nd donation), Sung P.
  • $33.75, J J. V. K.
  • $33.75, Harald T.
  • $33, Maxim A. aka “Sp1ker“
  • $33, Scott N.
  • $30 (2nd donation), Derek L.
  • $30, Jun Q.
  • $30, Graham J.
  • $27 (14th donation), Manuel F.
  • $27 (4th donation), Miguel Cunha Duarte aka “mcduarte2000“
  • $27 (2nd donation), Salvador T. S.
  • $27 (2nd donation), Gilles Jurek
  • $27, Christian P.
  • $27, Prepress by Sloane
  • $27, Andreas G.
  • $27, Ronnie T.
  • $27, Miss anon aka “Anonymous “
  • $27, Molnár P.
  • $26 (13th donation), Marco R.
  • $26 (8th donation), Olli K.
  • $26 (2nd donation), David T.
  • $26, Douglas H.
  • $26, Jon C. K.
  • $25 (3rd donation), Kamal G.
  • $25 (3rd donation), Kenny Hendrick aka “NprComputers“
  • $25 (2nd donation), Ventura M
  • $25 (2nd donation), Edward Comer aka “celem”
  • $25, Norman B. D.
  • $25, Dror C.
  • $25, Adam M.
  • $25, James J.
  • $25, John B.
  • $25, Kenneth D. H.
  • $23.45, Borja L. S.
  • $21, Илья Ш.
  • $20.25, Ian P.
  • $20 (7th donation), Matthew M.
  • $20 (3rd donation), Mark B.
  • $20 (2nd donation), David S.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Chad S. aka “seca”
  • $20 (2nd donation), Juhani K.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Jeffrey DeVries
  • $20 (2nd donation), Anonymous
  • $20, Roger P.
  • $20, John B.
  • $20, Trevor H.
  • $20, Kimberly P.
  • $20, Erling D.
  • $20, Jackson C. aka “Splintercat“
  • $20, Robert L.
  • $20, Zachary S.
  • $20, Martin H.
  • $20, Tom B.
  • $20, Russell N.
  • $20, Todd M.
  • $20, Daniel J.
  • $20, Roy C.
  • $20, Shreyas G.
  • $20, Robert K.
  • $20, Roger G.
  • $20, Hugh Dowling
  • $19.5, Simon C.
  • $18 (2nd donation), DLX Company
  • $18, Graham T.
  • $17, David R.
  • $16.2 (2nd donation), Kevin D.
  • $16, Vivian P. aka “VRP”
  • $15 (16th donation), slw
  • $15 (2nd donation), Michael C.
  • $15 (2nd donation), Greg Dawes aka “Greg-NZ”
  • $15, Vincent A.
  • $15, Stephan K.
  • $13.5 (10th donation), Temel Balci
  • $13.5, Michael T.
  • $13.5, Jörn G.
  • $13.5, Martin J.
  • $13.5, Volker K.
  • $13.5, C R. P.
  • $13.5, Ricardo J. G.
  • $13.5, Siniša M.
  • $13 (12th donation), Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov”
  • $13, Christian B.
  • $13, Helmut T.
  • $13, Attila B.
  • $10.8, Vagn B. J.
  • $10 (6th donation), William S. aka “Supergoo”
  • $10 (3rd donation), Jose P.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Paul B.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Luis D.
  • $10, Mark C.
  • $10, Nobutoshi K. aka “FOUNCID”
  • $10, Alexandr Bobylov
  • $10, Dan N.
  • $10, Thomas M.
  • $10, Jacob T.
  • $10, Francisco Hernández aka “frankh73”
  • $10, Barry J. C.
  • $10, Jesus R. P.
  • $10, David C.
  • $10, Chandrasing P.
  • $10, John M.
  • $10, Andy’s Pens
  • $10, Justin P.
  • $10, Colin R.
  • $9.45 (5th donation), Sylwia Bialczak
  • $9, Kaarel K. aka “Kaar3l”
  • $8, Bernhard N.
  • $8, Jamie F.
  • $7 (2nd donation), Tiaan Steynberg aka “Jesica“
  • $7, Zoe Q.
  • $6.75 (2nd donation), Ulf S. aka “MonteDrago”
  • $6.75, Barry M.
  • $6.75, Michael L.
  • $6.75, Sven B.
  • $6.75, Kalle F.
  • $6.5, Ronald T.
  • $6.5, Fabio N.
  • $5.4, Álvaro S. T.
  • $5 (4th donation), Michael G.
  • $5 (3rd donation), Rashed aka “Rashed“
  • $5 (2nd donation), Susann aka “Blogger Su“
  • $5, Ankit M.
  • $5, Dominic B.
  • $5, Guillermo E. D.
  • $5, Jamie H.
  • $5, O.Mehmet. Y. aka “mehmet7”
  • $5, John F.
  • $5, Irondojo.com
  • $5, Simon R.
  • $5, Mr D. S. V.
  • $5, Owen G.
  • $4, Thomas L.
  • $3, Michał S.
  • $2.5 (2nd donation), Le T.
  • $2 (2nd donation), Craig Stock aka “craig10x”
  • $2, Philip C.
  • $1.5 (2nd donation), Charles Vlk aka “kunk”
  • $1.35, eCommerce24h.pl
  • $1.33 (2nd donation), Anton Konnoff
  • $1 (6th donation), free backlinks
  • $1 (3rd donation), Gonzalo C. aka “gcosta“
  • $1, Efriel Elyasa
  • $1, jk
  • $1, Ruben D. G.

Sponsors:

Money raised in October:

* Donations: $5283.08 (189 donors)
* Sponsors: $929 (84 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 LTS: 56.26%
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 12.36%
  • Linux Mint 8 Helena: 11.49%
  • Linux Mint 10 Julia: 10.14%
  • LMDE: 3.79%
  • Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2.32%
  • Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 2.30%
  • Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 1.34%

Web Stats:

  • Visits: 2,579,663
  • Unique views: 3,293,483
  • Pageviews: 4,239,064
  • Page impressions: 2,148,044
  • Search queries: 6,623,880
  • Forum users: 38,553
  • Forum posts: 321,498

Rankings:

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1430 (3rd)
  • Distrowatch (traffic share): 5.1% (2nd)
  • Alexa (website ranking): 17,846th

Events:

Summary:

  • October was an exciting month for us, with all the attention culminating around a single event, the release of Linux Mint 10 RC. The new artwork was well received within the community and we noted people were excited by the new features. I’d like to thank all the translators who are participating in translating it at the moment, and also all the people who raised bug reports. We’ve fixed a lot of bugs since the RC release, and even though nothing critical was found, the feedback gave us the opportunity to bring additional yet significant improvements. The stable release of Linux Mint 10 should be ready early this November and we’re hoping it will be among the most popular desktops we’ve ever released.
  • We’re traditionally hit by the gap between Ubuntu and Linux Mint in the release cycle, when there’s a new Ubuntu system out there, and no up-to-date Linux Mint released yet. Surprisingly this year, we managed to close this gap to a minimum with an early RC release and a longer delay between RC and stable. Our user base didn’t fluctuate by 10% like it usually does and our income is actually up this month.
  • Last month, I expressed worries about the low amount in donations compared to 2009. I don’t really know how to express the gratitude I feel towards the community right now, but it’s huge… you reacted more than we ever hoped. Almost twice as many people donated and we managed to collect more this month than we ever did before: $5283. This is a fantastic sign of support. It’s not only inspiring and motivating, it’s also extremely comforting going forwards and it shows us the level of support we’re having from you. Very few projects out there manage to get this far without corporate backing and focus on commercial activities. Thanks to you, we don’t have to worry about that, we’re at the top, fully focused on the distribution itself, and it’s all community-funded. It’s hard to describe how special this is and I feel really thankful and privileged by this.
  • The blog was moved to its own dedicated server in the USA. As a result both the website and the blog are now more responsive.
  • Coming up, we’re getting close to a stable release of Linux Mint 10 early November, a second LMDE release with the same features and an improved installer in December. Work also started on the other editions and we’ll have more news about them in the coming days.