Hi everyone,
We received 474 donations in July. I’m always amazed when I see these numbers. It’s both humbling and highly motivating to picture that many people enjoying what we do and wanting to help us. I really appreciate it. Many thanks for your support and these donations!
You might be wondering what’s coming next and in which order. As you know we’re planning two releases (LMDE 6 and Mint 21.2 EDGE) but we also have long-term plans. One of these is to update our ISO production framework. Among other things this fixes secureboot. This is a big task but it’s really important for us.
We’ve been hesitating on how to prioritize these. What ended up happening was that we worked both on LMDE and the new ISO framework.
We’ve been reducing the differences between old and new ISOs, we even made a tool to compare them. We’re now at a stage where we’re pretty confident we’ll move to the new framework and we’ll have secureboot support for upcoming images.
LMDE 6 is almost ready to enter QA. It looks stable, it has all the changes featured in Mint 21.2 and it uses a Debian 12 base and a 6.1 kernel. It should use pipewire by default also.. though we haven’t tested that yet so I shouldn’t really be talking about it.
Both LMDE 6 and Mint 21.2 EDGE will be released this month.
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Donations in July:
A total of $11,905 were raised thanks to the generous contributions of 474 donors:
$539, Joshua G. aka “Periodle”
$500, Dana C.
$212 (5th donation), Andreas S.
$200 (2nd donation), Michael L.
$108 (5th donation), J aka “look but don’t touch. Thank you”
$108 (4th donation), Bert-jan Wiegeraad
$107 (53th donation), Michael R.
$100 (38th donation), Fast Junkie
$100 (19th donation), Philip W.
$100 (2nd donation), Jack K.
$100 (2nd donation), sector0 networks
$100, Clive Newstead
$100, Edmund B.
$100, John A.
$100, Lee J.
$100, Marci S.
$100, Nancy U.
$83 (10th donation), Jacques P.
$80 (10th donation), James L.
$76 (6th donation), Alexander M.
$70, Michael H.
$65, Kevin T.
$60 (8th donation), Joe K.
$54 (8th donation), Volker P.
$54 (7th donation), Steverj aka “Somerset Scrumpy”
$54 (5th donation), Bernhard M.
$54 (5th donation), Giovanni D. S. aka “ChibiOS”
$54 (4th donation),
$54 (4th donation), Christian G.
$54 (4th donation), Ezequiel O.
$54 (3rd donation), Dr. S. K.
$54 (3rd donation), Tiny H.
$54 (3rd donation), Tommaso P.
$54 (2nd donation), Alexandre H.
$54 (2nd donation), Bastian H.
$54 (2nd donation), Daniel K.
$54 (2nd donation), Lars E. S.
$54 (2nd donation), Mathias G.
$54, Alexis M.
$54, Christian S.
$54, Domenico M.
$54, Jérôme B.
$54, Leif J.
$54, Pauli R.
$54, Roland V.
$54, Saulius G.
$54, Sergey A.
$54, Stefan H.
$54, Steffen S.
$54, Thomas S.
$50 (74th donation), Anthony C. aka “ciak”
$50 (22nd donation), Hans J.
$50 (21st donation), George H.
$50 (10th donation), Mihail S.
$50 (7th donation), Kyle S.
$50 (7th donation), Marty L.
$50 (6th donation), Adam W.
$50 (6th donation), Al B.
$50 (6th donation), Jerry L.
$50 (5th donation), David T.
$50 (5th donation), Jack B.
$50 (4th donation), Far West Computer Consulting
$50 (4th donation), William M.
$50 (3rd donation), IBS Corporation
$50 (2nd donation), Brandon M.
$50 (2nd donation), Media Dynamics, Inc.
$50, Andrew P.
$50, Arunas A.
$50, Clay F.
$50, Darwin D.
$50, Dirk P.
$50, Elizabeth L.
$50, Gregory A.
$50, Jane C.
$50, Joshua M.
$50, Kevin M.
$50, Kevin P.
$50, Mitchell E.
$50, Nathan R.
$43 (4th donation), Renaud C.
$43, William L. aka “Hilyxx”
$40 (2nd donation), Christian E.
$35 (7th donation), John Eady
$35 (3rd donation), Mathieu C.
$32 (5th donation), Frank B.
$32 (4th donation), Dominique P.
$32 (3rd donation), Christian S.
$32 (2nd donation), Gerhard K.
$32 (2nd donation), Matthieu B.
$32, Jean-claude M.
$32, the way home be
$30 (33rd donation), Wolfgang P.
$30 (11th donation), Murray C.
$30 (9th donation), jowind
$30 (8th donation), Daniel M.
$30, David M.
$27 (20th donation), John K. aka “jbrucek”
$27 (6th donation), GJ aka “oldgit”
$27 (3rd donation), Johann K.
$27, Hans Peter S.
$27, Oliver R.
$27, Wouter V.
$25 (29th donation), Linux Mint Sverige
$25 (22nd donation), Kevin S.
$25 (11th donation), Andrew Currie
$25 (4th donation), Chuck G.
$25, Aundra J.
$25, Mark S.
$25, Nicholas K.
$22 (38th donation), Peter E.
$22 (23rd donation), Denis D.
$22 (22nd donation), Joachim M.
$22 (18th donation), Bjarne K.
$22 (11th donation), Tomi P.
$22 (9th donation), Daniel Gruhn
$22 (9th donation), Robert W.
$22 (8th donation), Carsten Wehner
$22 (8th donation), Chema Cortés
$22 (8th donation), Jürgen B.
$22 (8th donation), Michał M. aka “Zaraki”
$22 (8th donation), Tom S.
$22 (8th donation), Wolfgang N.
$22 (7th donation), Florian G.
$22 (7th donation), Geoffrey Allgood
$22 (7th donation), Raymond L.
$22 (7th donation), Stephen W.
$22 (6th donation), Alexander H.
$22 (6th donation), Cornelis V.
$22 (6th donation), David K.
$22 (6th donation), Divoto
$22 (5th donation), Rolf-Jürgen G.
$22 (5th donation), Stefan W.
$22 (5th donation), Vittorio F.
$22 (4th donation), Johnny H.
$22 (4th donation), Michael K.
$22 (4th donation), Richard W.
$22 (4th donation), Waldemar P. aka “valldek”
$22 (3rd donation), Fritz P.
$22 (3rd donation), Jens H.
$22 (3rd donation), Jonas U.
$22 (3rd donation), Michael B.
$22 (3rd donation), Thomas P.
$22 (3rd donation), Vittorio A.
$22 (2nd donation), Axel B.
$22 (2nd donation), Fabio Rossini S.
$22 (2nd donation), Francisco R.
$22 (2nd donation), Hartmut P.
$22 (2nd donation), Kari H.
$22 (2nd donation), Marek J.
$22 (2nd donation), Martin D. aka “Raqua”
$22 (2nd donation), Reiner Z.
$22 (2nd donation), Vasilis G.
$22, Antoine M.
$22, Antonio R.
$22, Bezelgoho
$22, Dario D.
$22, Derek W.
$22, Dirk E.
$22, Dušan P.
$22, Hannes B.
$22, Hans Joachim O.
$22, Harri Y.
$22, Heiko P.
$22, Helmut R.
$22, Jean Jacques S.
$22, Jeanjacques G.
$22, Karl-heinz K.
$22, Klaus G.
$22, Leslie R.
$22, Martin K.
$22, Martino M.
$22, Massimiliano C.
$22, Pertti N.
$22, Peter M.
$22, Piotr K.
$22, R V.
$22, Richard H.
$22, Ronald T.
$22, Séléna V.
$22, Spyros K.
$22, Thomas P.
$22, Yrag L.
$21 (21st donation), Ke C.
$21 (19th donation), François P.
$20 (66th donation), Rick R.
$20 (58th donation), Bryan F.
$20 (43th donation), Stefan M. H.
$20 (19th donation), Nigel B.
$20 (12th donation), Joao Kodama
$20 (10th donation), stewy
$20 (9th donation), Soeren S.
$20 (8th donation), Mark F.
$20 (8th donation), Pablo L. aka “LAFO”
$20 (8th donation), Thomas C.
$20 (7th donation), Bill and Susan
$20 (7th donation), Dean P @ DT
$20 (7th donation), Michael A C.
$20 (4th donation), Mario M.
$20 (4th donation), Mark C.
$20 (4th donation), Stephane L.
$20 (3rd donation), Adrian O.
$20 (3rd donation), Andrew S.
$20 (3rd donation), Mariusz B.
$20 (3rd donation), Robert H.
$20 (3rd donation), SAVE4ENERGY
$20 (2nd donation), Andreas G.
$20 (2nd donation), Gordon W.
$20 (2nd donation), Ron B.
$20, Alvaro Zuniga
$20, Alvin H.
$20, Anthony G.
$20, Avri A.
$20, Badriya M.
$20, Bobby L.
$20, Clement D.
$20, David M.
$20, Diarmaid R.
$20, Don S.
$20, Emir D.
$20, Gary L.
$20, Gordon S.
$20, Harry D M.
$20, Hsu C.
$20, In honor of SMG aka “mintydave”
$20, Jack T.
$20, James F.
$20, James M.
$20, Laura H.
$20, Matthias B.
$20, Nicolás C.
$20, Raymond H.
$20, Richard K.
$20, Robert A.
$20, Ronald S.
$20, Smiths – SellOurStuff
$20, Steven R.
$20, Thomas S.
$20, Timothy J H.
$20, Timothy T.
$20, Tom O.
$19 (2nd donation), J.G.
$18 (5th donation), ineuw
$16 (8th donation), Reidar S.
$16, Andrew R.
$16, Bartosz Baranowski
$16, Marius M.
$15 (4th donation), Christian Aubry aka “amicalmant”
$15 (3rd donation), Michael H.
$15 (2nd donation), Steven W.
$15, Jeffery B.
$15, Mj J.
$14 (85th donation), Johann J.
$13 (2nd donation), Daphne P.
$12 (10th donation), Gary N.
$12 (5th donation), J M. H. C.
$12, William David H.
$11 (49th donation), Francois-R L.
$11 (39th donation), Daniel S.
$11 (37th donation), Thomas R.
$11 (16th donation), Tugaleres.com
$11 (14th donation), Denys G.
$11 (14th donation), Yves R. aka “Long_Time_User”
$11 (13th donation), Peter R.
$11 (10th donation), Bernhard L.
$11 (10th donation), Emanuele Proietti aka “Manuermejo”
$11 (10th donation), Ivan Stamenov
$11 (10th donation), Klaus Heckenbach
$11 (9th donation), Rupert B.
$11 (8th donation), Florian P.
$11 (7th donation), Raphael G.
$11 (6th donation), Antoni Aloy Torrens
$11 (6th donation), Ernie H.
$11 (6th donation), Joe S.
$11 (6th donation), Ralf M.
$11 (5th donation), John G.
$11 (4th donation), Erik H.
$11 (4th donation), Franz Z.
$11 (3rd donation), Maurizio Giacobbe aka “maurizioweb”
$11 (3rd donation), Patrick B.
$11 (3rd donation), Sandu I.
$11 (3rd donation), Serge S.
$11 (3rd donation), Simon Clark
$11 (3rd donation), Yvan.P. aka “Yv30Pe03”
$11 (2nd donation), Francis S.
$11 (2nd donation), Henk V.
$11 (2nd donation), Iztok M.
$11 (2nd donation), Jean-michel A.
$11 (2nd donation), José P.
$11 (2nd donation), Jouni P.
$11 (2nd donation), Jro
$11 (2nd donation), Massimo M.
$11 (2nd donation), Michael J.
$11 (2nd donation), Pascal C.
$11 (2nd donation), Siegfried M.
$11 (2nd donation), Volker J.
$11, Alexander B.
$11, Anton Bernd S.
$11, Artur K.
$11, Bengt Falke
$11, Benjamin S.
$11, Beverly J.
$11, Bruno R.
$11, Carlo Mario D.
$11, Carlos P.
$11, Christoph Haas aka “Signum”
$11, David M.
$11, Federico U.
$11, Fred V.
$11, Graham H.
$11, Jose A. P.
$11, Jose F.
$11, Julio Abel M.
$11, Leonardo R.
$11, Marc D.
$11, Marek S. (LMDE Supporter)
$11, Michael H.
$11, Michele D.
$11, Nicolas M.
$11, Owen R.
$11, Rudolf V.
$11, Sergey P.
$11, Thomas P.
$11, Traugott K.
$11, zzzzzzzz .
$10 (88th donation), Thomas C.
$10 (82th donation), Frank K.
$10 (35th donation), Philip Woodward
$10 (27th donation), Tomasz K.
$10 (21st donation), Solar Panels Saskatoon
$10 (17th donation), Dylan B.
$10 (16th donation), Bruce M.
$10 (16th donation), Minneapolis Towing and Roadside Assistance
$10 (15th donation), Jorge R.
$10 (13th donation), Bruno Weber
$10 (13th donation), Troy T.
$10 (12th donation), Philip E.
$10 (11th donation), clinica estetica bucuresti
$10 (11th donation), Michael P.
$10 (9th donation), Don S.
$10 (7th donation), Organic CBD Gummies
$10 (7th donation), platypus products
$10 (6th donation), Klaang
$10 (5th donation), David W.
$10 (5th donation), Gustavo A. B.
$10 (5th donation), Michael W.
$10 (4th donation), Anthony H.
$10 (4th donation), Hans aka “Hans”
$10 (4th donation), Lawrence C.
$10 (4th donation), Rafał K. aka “inflop”
$10 (3rd donation), Eric M.
$10 (3rd donation), François B.
$10 (3rd donation), H.V. L.
$10 (3rd donation), Jody M.
$10 (3rd donation), Peers T.
$10 (3rd donation), Sergey S.
$10 (3rd donation), Thevirtua
$10 (2nd donation), Alonzo J.
$10 (2nd donation), Andrew W.
$10 (2nd donation), David H.
$10 (2nd donation), David S.
$10 (2nd donation), Dorel T. aka “Dorel Tanase”
$10 (2nd donation), IA
$10 (2nd donation), Josef E.
$10 (2nd donation), Michał K. aka “PoldekPL”
$10 (2nd donation), Mike A.
$10 (2nd donation), moon musiq aka “Netlabel for Industrial, Dark Ambient, and Noise”
$10 (2nd donation), P F C.
$10 (2nd donation), Rimon K.
$10 (2nd donation), Stephen W.
$10 (2nd donation), Tim B.
$10, Alex R.
$10, AlumiCase
$10, Andres G.
$10, Anvelope Iarna
$10, Blanford B.
$10, Carlos Ruben Ortiz Marrero aka “Ruben”
$10, Charles K.
$10, Daniel E.
$10, Daniel S.
$10, Donald C.
$10, Edward F.
$10, Edwin M.
$10, Elvis T. aka “Luno”
$10, FABER FRANCIOLLI EIGLMEIER VIDAL aka “fabervidal”
$10, Felipe P.
$10, Gustavo N.
$10, Hermilo M.
$10, https://calicris.ro
$10, https://foicucod.ro/
$10, https://noinu.ro/
$10, https://statiunea-turistica-bran.ro
$10, https://www.theseo.ro/
$10, John S.
$10, Jose A.
$10, Krzysztof B.
$10, kSEO
$10, Lars Otto N.
$10, Laurie M.
$10, Manuelita U.
$10, Mark K.
$10, Marketing aka “Advertoriale”
$10, Medical
$10, myindex.ro
$10, Outsourcing
$10, Rolland R.
$10, Sarfraz A.
$10, Simon B.
$10, Stiri sportive
$10, Tanase D.
$10, Thomas C.
$10, Timothy B.
$10, Web Design
$10, weberplus gmbh
$10, Wiakeem H.
$8 (4th donation), Kevin M.
$8, Ralph H.
$7, Christopher H.
$7, Kamran N.
$6 (2nd donation), Dogival L.
$6, Uwe K.
$195 from 51 smaller donations
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