Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

• $150, Bernhard I. (Germany) – http://www.platinlyrics.com
• $120, PokerKanone.com (Germany) – http://pokerkanone.com
• $100, Jaggy R. (Singapore)
• $100, Robert K. (USA)
• $100, Gregory C. (Australia)
• $100, Glenn W. (USA)
• $89, Yu-min L. (New Zealand)
• $77 (2nd donation), Eric H. (Germany)
• $77, Emil Dimitrov (Ireland)
• $77, Jan W. (Netherlands)
• $77, Sam Day aka “discord” (Australia)
• $77, Juan Jose Castro aka “jjcmmgb” (Spain)
• $75, Dan Wright (USA)
• $54, Chris M. (Germany)
• $50, Cesare D. (Netherlands)
• $50, Richard White aka “rwhite5279” (USA) – http://hybridclassroom.com
• $50, Chris Beaudry aka “NCFC” (Canada)
• $50, Nathan B. (USA)
• $50, Abdullah Al-Suwailem (Saudi Arabia)
• $50, Carolyn B. (USA)
• $50, Denis A. (Canada)
• $50, Steve Hoffman aka “SteveHoffmanUK” (United Kingdom)
• $50, Gary Martin (USA)
• $50, John Bilston (Australia)
• $50, Dan K. (USA)
• $50, John S. (USA)
• $50, Raino P. (Finland)
• $50, Chris B. (USA)
• $46, Mario G. aka “scrat” (Italy)
• $40, William S. (USA)
• $38 (2nd donation), Michael Krusch aka “MAD” (Germany)
• $38, Richard Cail (United Kingdom)
• $38, James W. (Switzerland)
• $31 (2nd donation), Carsten Wehner (Germany) – http://superlinuxpc.de
• $31, Frederic S. (France)
• $31, Bernard Schurdevin (France)
• $31, Haydn P. (United Kingdom)
• $30, Sung P. (USA)
• $30, Manuel F. (Portugal)
• $30, Pete Molina aka “pmolina” (USA)
• $30, Abel R. (Argentina)
• $30, William B. (USA)
• $30, Badr R. (France)
• $30, Dmitry V. (Russia)
• $30, Patrick Taylor aka “pataylo” (USA)
• $30, Michael A. (Switzerland)
• $30, Jonathan L. (USA)
• $30, Errol Lisonbee (USA)
• $30, Milan S. (Slovakia)
• $25 (4th donation), Philippe W. (Switzerland)
• $25 (2nd donation), Bjorn S. Nielsen aka “bjornie” (Norway)
• $25, Joseph R. (USA)
• $25, Anonymous (USA)
• $25, Erick J B. (USA)
• $25, Raphael C. (World)
• $25, Americo R. (Venezuela)
• $25, John B. (USA)
• $25, Tomas B. (Sweden)
• $25, Rev Richard R. (USA)
• $25, Slavoljub M. (Norway)
• $25, Jay Stewart aka “jag1182” (USA)
• $25, Zeljko T S. aka “zts” (USA)
• $25, Joseph V. (USA)
• $23, Marianne M. (France)
• $23, Marc Floris (Netherlands)
• $23, Francisco C. C. (Spain)
• $23, Giorgio C. aka “thetall82” (Italy)
• $23, Anonymous (Netherlands)
• $20 (2nd donation), Colin Casey (Canada)
• $20 (2nd donation), Dan B. (USA)
• $20, Chris Jones (USA) – http://caringcompy.org
• $20, Michael D. (USA)
• $20, David F. (USA)
• $20, Michael W. (Canada)
• $20, Trevor B. (Canada)
• $20, Donna Fontenot aka “DonnaFontenot – DazzlinDonna” (USA) – http://www.dazzlindonna.com
• $20, David LaButte aka “dlabutte” (Canada)
• $20, Kazuhiko T. (Japan)
• $20, Ludovic G. aka “Lewdsquirrel” (Canada)
• $20, Ventura M (Canada)
• $20, Eugene C. (USA)
• $20, Catherine N. (Australia)
• $15 (2nd donation), Douglas S. (USA)
• $15, George T. (Greece)
• $15, Richard L. (USA)
• $15, Peter H. (Netherlands)
• $15, Martin S. (Germany)
• $15, Wolfgang B. (Germany)
• $15, Alex W. (Germany)
• $15, Rodrigo Dias aka “roddias” (Brazil)
• $15, Costas Krallis aka “sv1xv” (Greece) – http://www.qsl.net/sv1xv/
• $15, Alessandro R. (Italy)
• $15, Volker B. (Germany)
• $15, Mario B. (Portugal)
• $15, Robert D B. (USA)
• $15, Kevin Dermott (United Kingdom)
• $15, Alexander R. (Germany)
• $15, Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
• $15, Pasqualino F. (Italy)
• $15, John S. (USA)
• $15, Brian G. (United Kingdom)
• $15, Eberhard J. (Germany)
• $15, Simon M. (Australia)
• $14, Bernard S. (Netherlands)
• $10, David Chandra aka “dakochan” (Singapore) – http://dakotux.wordpress.com
• $10, Christopher W. (Germany)
• $10, Robert S. (Germany)
• $10, Tan Sin W. (Singapore)
• $10, Luke Blackmore (Australia)
• $10, Sammy F. aka “sammyF70” (France) – http://www.cosmic-bandito.com
• $10, Steven J G. (USA)
• $10, Stephen Woodward (United Kingdom)
• $10, Alberto Ballestri and Marco Fabbri (Italy)
• $10, Mark B. (USA)
• $10, Troy C. (USA)
• $10, Michael Lewis aka “HAM” (USA)
• $10, Charlie Wolcott aka “714snoopy” (USA)
• $10, Richard E. (USA)
• $10, M Akbar M. (Indonesia)
• $10, Ross Scalise aka “rmscalise” (USA)
• $10, Timothy G. (USA)
• $10, Andrew A. (USA)
• $8, BOXnDICE INTERNET (Australia)
• $7, Simon B. E. (Spain)
• $7, Simone B. (Italy)
• $7, Vasluianu M. A. (Spain)
• $7, Janne B. (Finland)
• $7, Martin J. (USA)
• $7, Miguel Cunha Duarte aka “mcduarte2000” (Portugal) – http://www.miguelduarte.net
• $7, Edward L Dunlap III (USA)
• $6, Fabio Barbieri (Mexico)
• $6, Michal F. (Slovakia)
• $5, Jennifer P. (Canada)
• $5, Ruben C. M. (Spain)
• $5, Wasim Soukieh (Australia)
• $5, Marc van der Wolf (Netherlands) – http://www.vdwolf.nl
• $5, Brian O. (USA)
• $5, Enrico Galli (Italy) – http://www.egw.it
• $5, Weslly Labrador (Venezuela) – http://wesllyoni.blogspot.com
• $5, Mehmet C. (Turkey)
• $5, Hideaki T. (Japan)
• $3, Francesco S. (Italy)
• $2, Hendra P. (Indonesia)
• $2, Savant B.D. (USA) – http://www.allyourprices.com
• $2, Lucille Paulis aka “Duysterwald” (Netherlands)
• $2, Maciej Z. (Poland)
• $1, Shahmir Karim aka “kl2u” (Malaysia) – http://www.squidoo.com/toy-watch
• $1, Alan F. (Ireland)
• $1, Pawel W. (United Kingdom)
• $1, Peter G. (Germany)
• $1, Serge M. (France)
• $1, Jiri P. (Czech Republic)
• $1, Parmesh F. (USA)

Sponsors:

• $231, R1Soft (USA) – http://www.r1soft.com/tools/linux-hot-copy/?ls=linuxmint
• $106, SEOMoves (USA) – http://www.seomoves.org
• $88, Emilio A S.
• $75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek” (USA)
• $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) – http://www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com/
• $40, Az Van aka “newW2” (USA)
• $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – http://www.americanbroadbandservice.com/
• $20, TOPIMMOBILIEN aka “Tim” – http://www.immobilien-es.com/
• $20, Scott P. (USA)
• $15, Linux in the HAM Shack aka “HamShackLinux” (USA) – http://blacksparrowmedia.com/lhs
• $15, Dimitris C.
• $11, Gustav Holm aka “Gustav” (Sweden) – http://gustavholm.com/
• $11, cheap vps hosting – http://www.neosurge.com/
• $10, Brandon P.
• $10, Todd W.
• $10, Christian Junghans aka “Hexenkind” (Germany)
• $10, Jack H. – http://www.dlxcompany.com
• $10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) – http://stitzcomputers.com/
• $10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) aka “Tim” – http://www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de/
• $10, Website Auditor – http://www.websiteauditor.org
• $10, Real Estate Centers – http://www.realestatecenters.net
• $7, Unixmen – http://www.unixmen.com/
• $7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя” (USA)
• $6, Kenneth E.
• $5, David Simmons (USA)
• $5, Einar Orn E.
• $5, Sohier C.
• $5, linuxmint-italia.org aka “prior123” (Italy) – http://www.linuxmint-italia.org
• $5, Contact lenses (Ireland) – http://www.eye-care-4u.com
• $5, Linuxmint-FR.org (France) – http://www.linuxmint-fr.org
• $5, Christopher D.
• $5, Stuart C.
• $4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx ” (USA)
• $3, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs – http://creationsbyrichie.com
• $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
• $2, Douglas T.
• $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – http://www.nvisn.com/
• $2, funkelectric (Spain) – http://www.funkelectric.com/
• $2, Scott M.
• $2, Ryan Lewon aka “vt102” – http://vt102.com
• $1.5, Farbyte (United Kingdom) – http://farbyte.com
• $1, very-clever.com – http://www.very-clever.com/
• $1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)
• $1, Prasad.S.R (India) – http://saysprasad.wordpress.com/
• $1, Busybits aka “Submit Website” – http://www.busybits.com/
• $1, Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) – http://jasiulewicz.pl/
• $1, Kevin H.
• $1, Surf in Peace (United Kingdom) – http://www.surfinpeace.co.uk/
• $1, Pokerschule – http://pokerschulen.com
• $1, Недвижимость на Кипре (Cyprus) – http://www.cyprusresaleproperties.ru
• $1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) – http://www.mycyprusweather.com
• $1, Mohd Ismail B.
• $1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) – http://www.cyprusresaleproperties.com
• $1, Daryl J.
• $1, Frank S.
• $1, Erin G.
• $1, LinBoo.com – http://linboo.com/linux/mint.html
• $1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)
• $0.9, Michael K.
• $0.5, Nottingham web design (United Kingdom) – http://www.drawmyattention.co.uk/
• $0.5, Dedicated Servers Hosting – http://www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com

Money raised in December:

* Donations: $4174 (155 donors)
* Sponsors: $886.4 (62 sponsors)

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

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

• Linux Mint 8 Helena: 43% (+11%)
  
• Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 43% (-10%)
  
• Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 7% (-1%)
  
• Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 4% (-0%)
  
• Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-1%)
  

Web Stats:

• Visits: 3,316,286 (+12%)
  
• Pageviews: 4,327,171 (+14%)
• Page impressions: N/A
• Search queries: N/A
• Forum users: N/A
• Forum posts: N/A
  

Rankings:

• Distrowatch (popularity ranking): N/A (3rd)
• Distrowatch (traffic share): N/A (2nd)
• Alexa (website ranking): N/A

Events:

• Linux Mint 8 x64 edition was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1183
• The Community Website was opened to the public (at ALPHA stage) with a module similar to Brainstorm: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1195
• mintCast released 1 episode of their podcast: http://mintcast.org/

Summary:

• December 2009 was the (10th consecutive) best month ever since the creation of Linux Mint.
• The overall income was up 12%.
• Our user base is the second largest in the desktop Linux market.
• The community support was higher than ever seen before: 155 people giving a total of over $4,000.
• We released these statistics a month late and so some of the figures weren’t recorded but December 2009 was by far the best month for us since the creation of the distribution. Whether it’s the income, the traffic, the rankings, this month just broke all previously established records and closed a very positive 2009 year for us on a truly fantastic note!