Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

• $200 (3rd donation), Terry Mansfield aka “tmansfield” (USA)
• $127, Thomas L. (Germany)
• $127, funkajja (Germany)
• $101 (4th donation), Robert D B. (USA)
• $100 (2nd donation), Andrew Grace aka “crushedbyadwarf” (USA)
• $100 (2nd donation), Richard M. (Canada)
• $100, About Canada (Canada) – http://www.aboutcanada.ca
• $100, Mogens Andersen (Sweden)
• $100, Josep B. A. (Spain)
• $100, Richard Z. (USA)
• $100, Stefan G. (Norway)
• $100, Bjorn N. (Norway)
• $100, Wei-chien H. (USA)
• $100, Robin C. (USA)
• $63 (4th donation), Eric H. (Germany)
• $63 (3rd donation), Frans Van O. (Netherlands)
• $60, Trenton Isaacson aka “Mr_Shifty” (USA) – http://linuxcritic.wordpress.com
• $50 (6th donation), Jonathan B H. (USA)
• $50 (3rd donation), Barry Patterson (United Kingdom) – http://www.redsandstonehill.net
• $50 (2nd donation), Eugene C. (USA)
• $50 (2nd donation), Andrew Grace aka “crushedbyadwarf” (USA)
• $50 (2nd donation), Mark B. (Australia)
• $50 (2nd donation), Peter S. (Australia)
• $50 (2nd donation), Gary M. (USA)
• $50, Malcolm B. (USA)
• $50, Mark A. (USA)
• $50, Nora Elisabeth F. (Norway)
• $50, Anthony L. (Australia)
• $50, Nathan H. (United Kingdom)
• $50, Adrian S. (United Kingdom)
• $50, David W. (USA)
• $50, James L Bowen (USA)
• $50, Christian Porter (USA)
• $50, Nyan W. (South Africa)
• $50, Bruce R. (United Kingdom)
• $50, Victor Skovorodnikov aka “victorsk” (Canada) – http://www.victorskovorodnikov.com
• $50, Louis P. (USA)
• $50, F. Reinbold Translations (Spain)
• $38, Richard C. (Germany)
• $38, Jan S. (Denmark)
• $32 (6th donation), Philippe W. (Switzerland)
• $32, Nils G. (Belgium)
• $32, Graham C. (United Kingdom)
• $32, Holger H. (Germany)
• $30 (7th donation), Pete Molina aka “pmolina” (USA)
• $30 (2nd donation), Bevan Hay (Australia)
• $30, David deSouza-Kirby (United Kingdom) – http://www.g3vfp.org
• $30, Dominic M. (USA)
• $27 (3rd donation), Olli K. (Finland)
• $25 (10th donation), Manuel F. (Portugal)
• $25 (8th donation), Francisco C. C. (Spain)
• $25 (5th donation), Dan B. (USA)
• $25 (2nd donation), Tim B. (USA)
• $25 (2nd donation), John M. (USA)
• $25 (2nd donation), Happy Nerds Workshop (USA)
• $25 (2nd donation), Dominik H. (Germany)
• $25, John Abbott aka “FewClues” (USA)
• $25, John S. (USA)
• $25, James S. (USA)
• $25, Terry H. (USA)
• $25, Sergi S. S. (Spain)
• $25, Eric J. (France)
• $25, Charlene Craig (USA)
• $25, John S. (USA)
• $25, Julian D. (USA)
• $25, Georg B. (Belgium)
• $25, Jozef M. (United Kingdom)
• $25, Michael D. (Canada)
• $25, Jonathan B Alden aka “briggs_1978” (USA)
• $25, Ian Dunn (United Kingdom) – http://www.salutus-solutions.com
• $25, Jack H. (USA)
• $25, Pascual S. (USA)
• $20 (4th donation), Phillip H. (Australia)
• $20 (3rd donation), Bernard S. (Netherlands)
• $20 (2nd donation), Henry W. (USA)
• $20 (2nd donation), Sebastian C. (Australia)
• $20 (2nd donation), Matthew M. (USA)
• $20 (2nd donation), Graham C. aka “gee7” (United Kingdom)
• $20, Tim D. (USA)
• $20, Stephen V. (USA)
• $20, Christopher Y. (USA)
• $20, Javier G. M. (Mexico)
• $20, Reiner K. (Germany)
• $20, Paul T. (USA)
• $20, Steven Heidel aka “stevenheidel” (Canada) – http://www.livingskyweb.ca
• $20, mitch (France)
• $20, Vance R. aka “helmsdeeper” (USA)
• $20, James T. (USA)
• $20, Abraar S. (United Kingdom)
• $20, James K. (USA)
• $20, Morten H. (Norway)
• $20, Stuart H. (United Kingdom)
• $20, Darryl E. (USA)
• $20, Bill Goebel (USA)
• $19, C J van den B. (Netherlands)
• $19, Raymond T. (United Kingdom)
• $19, Mark Wolstenholme aka “markfiend” (United Kingdom)
• $19, David R. (United Kingdom)
• $19, Mike S. (Germany)
• $19, Neal Quincey (United Kingdom)
• $19, Intars Students aka “mobix” (Latvia) – http://intarstudents.lv
• $15 (11th donation), Slavoljub M. (Norway)
• $15 (3rd donation), George R. aka “Az4x4” (USA)
• $15 (2nd donation), Aleksander S. (Norway)
• $15, George D. (USA)
• $15, James Masek aka “vineyardtechie” (USA) – http://www.sculpturebyjamesmasek.com
• $15, German Heberto Duran (Mexico)
• $15, Fabio Baratti (Italy)
• $15, Dennis T. (Brazil)
• $15, David M. (United Kingdom)
• $15, Jason R. (USA)
• $13 (7th donation), Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
• $13, Henk Oegema aka “henkoegema” (Belgium)
• $13, Mark L. (United Kingdom)
• $12 (8th donation), Marco R. (Italy)
• $12 (3rd donation), Miguel Cunha Duarte aka “mcduarte2000” (Portugal) – http://www.miguelduarte.net
• $12 (3rd donation), Samuel M. aka “vtired” (Italy) – http://it.ismico.org
• $12, Philippe S. (Luxembourg)
• $12, Adrian Gudas (Canada)
• $12, Anonymous aka “MrNiceGaay” (Netherlands)
• $12, Jens C. (Germany)
• $12, Peter Portin (Finland)
• $12, Alexandru L. (Italy)
• $12, Damian H. (Spain)
• $12, Gernot W. (Italy)
• $12, Jose Luis F. M. (Spain)
• $12, Gisbert H. (Germany)
• $12, Giacomo from Ripon (United Kingdom)
• $10 (4th donation), Jennifer McBride (Canada) – http://www.only-green.ca
• $10 (3rd donation), Juergen G. (Canada)
• $10 (2nd donation), Jeff Reid aka “jlr1701” (USA) – http://channelsforthelight.com
• $10 (2nd donation), John Minear aka “sparky51” (United Kingdom)
• $10 (2nd donation), Clemens N. (USA)
• $10 (2nd donation), Paul V. (Canada)
• $10 (2nd donation), Platypus Products (USA)
• $10, Jose A. (USA)
• $10, Mansour K. (USA)
• $10, Wyramuttu N. (Canada)
• $10, BJ S. (USA)
• $10, Luis D. (Brazil)
• $10, Jon F. (USA)
• $10, bwjpg (United Kingdom)
• $10, Nicolas J. (Belgium)
• $10, Алексей Калюкин (Russia)
• $10, John P. (USA)
• $10, Ben Barnes (USA) – http://www.e-lectiostore.com/store.html
• $10, Michael Meehan aka “uirusu.ningen” (New Zealand)
• $10, Magnus Olsson aka “XeroXer” (Sweden) – http://www.xeroxer.com
• $10, Steven K. (USA)
• $10, Francois H. (Canada)
• $10, Mary F. (USA)
• $10, Ashish S. (USA)
• $10, Jonathan T. (Singapore)
• $10, Stephen T. (Australia)
• $9, Richard L. aka “rlindsey0” (USA)
• $8, Divyesh K. (Canada)
• $7 (3rd donation), Johan T. (Sweden)
• $7, Pedro Almeida (Portugal)
• $7, Lukas E. (Germany)
• $6, Joao E. (Portugal)
• $6, Stuart C. (United Kingdom)
• $6, Christopher D. (United Kingdom)
• $6, Marcin Skiba aka “marcinski” (United Kingdom)
• $6, Sylwia Bialczak (Finland)
• $6, Daniel an der B. (Germany)
• $6, Tolga K E. (Australia)
• $6, Goran K. (Croatia)
• $5 (6th donation), Savant B.D. (USA) – http://www.allyourprices.com
• $5 (4th donation), Dan Jackson (United Kingdom)
• $5 (2nd donation), Tauras G. (Lithuania)
• $5 (2nd donation), Michael G. (Germany)
• $5, Micko C. (Ireland)
• $5, Lee S. (New Zealand)
• $5, Alejandro Q. H. (Mexico)
• $5, Jacob M. (USA)
• $5, Redouane B. S. (Spain)
• $5, Ciglet (United Kingdom)
• $5, Sascha H. (Germany)
• $5, Tyra K. (USA)
• $5, David Wands (United Kingdom)
• $5, Martin F. H. (USA)
• $5, Cagatay C. (Turkey)
• $5, Normunds Mazurs (Latvia) – http://mazurs.livejournal.com
• $5, Mr Steven J Murray aka “mintymintminty” (United Kingdom)
• $5, Craig Stock aka “craig10x” (USA)
• $4, Mark F. (USA)
• $4, Richard Cross aka “blip” (United Kingdom) – http://www.printeng.co.uk
• $3 (4th donation), Inga Muste (Latvia) – http://inga.lv
• $3, Kollar K. (Hungary)
• $2.5, Le T. (Vietnam)
• $2 (2nd donation), Carl K. (USA)
• $2 (2nd donation), Carl K. (USA)
• $2, Evgeny D. (Russia)
• $2, Nandor T. (Hungary)
• $2, Yu Tor Ho (Malaysia)
• $2, Rini D. (Indonesia)
• $1 (2nd donation), Ryan C. (Philippines) – http://wartrolreviews.info
• $1, Ahmad K. (Indonesia) – http://feedvillages.com
• $1, Kevin K. (Norway)
• $1, Islam C.I. (Turkey)
• $1, Louis G. (USA)
• $1, Kevin Naidoo (South Africa)

Sponsors:

• $88, Emilio A S.
• $75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek” (USA)
• $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) – http://www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com/
• $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – http://www.americanbroadbandservice.com/
• $25, Blayne B.
• $22, TOPIMMOBILIEN aka “Tim” – http://www.immobilien-es.com/
• $20, Az Van aka “newW2” (USA)
• $20, Jeramy Ross
• $20, Kim J.
• $20, Scott P. (USA)
• $12, Thomas S. aka “Thom aus Breuberg” (Germany)
• $12, Tim W. (USA)
• $11, cheap vps hosting – http://www.neosurge.com/
• $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. (United Kingdom)
• $10, SEM Visibility
• $10, Website Auditor – http://www.websiteauditor.org
• $10, worldsrealestate.net – http://www.worldsrealestate.net
• $8, Attila Vecsei (Finland) – http://www.vecsei.net
• $7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя” (USA)
• $7, Unixmen – http://www.unixmen.com/
• $6, Gustav Holm aka “Gustav” (Sweden) – http://gustavholm.com/
• $6, Kenneth E.
• $6, Martin Senftleben aka “DrMartinus” (Germany) – http://www.drmartinus.de
• $5, Christopher D.
• $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, Linuxmint-FR.org (France) – http://www.linuxmint-fr.org
• $5, Matthew Y.
• $5, Sohier C.
• $5, Steve Burdine aka “Highfructose327” – http://artandfoss.blogspot.com
• $5, Stuart C.
• $5, Torstein Sornes aka “todda7” (Norway)
• $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, HostingFest (United Kingdom) – http://www.hostingfest.com
• $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
• $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – http://www.nvisn.com/
• $2, PapayaMedia.com aka “juankvillegas” (Columbia) – http://www.papayamedia.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, Alex Smith (United Kingdom) – http://alexsmith.im
• $1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) – http://www.cyprusresaleproperties.com
• $1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) – http://www.mycyprusweather.com
• $1, Erin G.
• $1, Frank S.
• $1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)
• $1, Kevin K.
• $1, LinBoo.com – http://linboo.com/linux/mint.html
• $1, Mohd Ismail B.
• $1, Pokerschule – http://pokerschulen.com
• $1, Prasad.S.R (India) – http://saysprasad.wordpress.com/
• $1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)
• $1, Seth Forrestier – http://www.4sta.com
• $1, Surf in Peace (United Kingdom) – http://www.surfinpeace.co.uk/
• $1, very-clever.com – http://www.very-clever.com/
• $0.5, Dedicated Servers Hosting – http://www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com

Money raised in May:

* Donations: $5117.5 (202 donors)
* Sponsors: $658 (72 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: 39% (-26%)
• Linux Mint 8 Helena: 35% (+35%)
  
• Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 18% (-8%)
  
• Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 3% (-2%)
  
• Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 2% (-1%)
  
• Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-0%)
  

Web Stats:

• Visits: 2,940,652 (+20%)
• Unique views: 4,035,597 (+26%)
  
• Pageviews: 5,255,355 (+27%)
• Page impressions: 2,605,594
• Search queries: 6,066,755
• Forum users: 32,150
  
• Forum posts: 270,743
  

Rankings:

• Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1599 (3rd)
  
• Distrowatch (traffic share): 5% (2nd)
  
• Alexa (website ranking): 17,239
  

Events:

• Linux Mint 9 RC was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1386
• Linux Mint 9 was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1403
• Linux Mint 9 LXDE RC was released: http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=1429
• mintCast released 2 episodes: http://mintcast.org/

Summary:

• May was marked by the release of Linux Mint 9. There was a significant increase in traffic on the website (about 25%) and the user base grew by 6%. As with every release, we’re expecting the numbers to drop a little bit next month.
• We received more donations than ever before. 202 people supported us this month, for a total of $5,117. Whether this was in appreciation of the latest release or in reaction to the poor results the project got in April, it’s really appreciated. It is often said that Linux Mint doesn’t benefit from corporate funding, but we’ve got such a strong community. There aren’t many projects like ours with that level of support from their community. This is really inspiring. Many thanks to everyone involved in helping us.
• The overall income went up by 24%. May 2010 was the best month for the project since its creation in 2006.
• June 2010 should see the releases of two additional editions: LXDE and KDE.