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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:

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:

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.

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Linux Mint 6 Felicia will reach end of life on April 30, 2010. This release was based on Ubuntu 8.10 which is planned to reach end-of-life at the same date.

Repositories will remain open for another while but no more updates or security fixes will be made available. Users of Linux Mint 6 Felicia are asked to migrate to Linux Mint 8 Helena (which will be supported until April 2011) or to wait for the upcoming Linux Mint 9 LTS Isadora (Long Term Release which will be released in the end of May and supported until April 2013).

Announcement from Ubuntu: “As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 8.10 will reach end of life on Friday, April 30, 2010. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 8.10.”

Note: Linux Mint follows the Ubuntu release cycle with a new release every 6 months, a lifespan of about 1.5 years per release and 3 years per LTS release. LTS stands for Long Term Support. Linux Mint 9 will be an LTS release.

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Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

  • $500, Anonymous (Canada)
  • $200, John C. aka “BuzzKiller” (USA)
  • $200, Ronald S. (USA)
  • $143, Pascal M. (France)
  • $100, Frederick V. (USA)
  • $100, HenryW. (USA)
  • $100, Ivan Popovic (Croatia)
  • $100, Jonathan K. (USA)
  • $100, Markus R. (Switzerland)
  • $75, David K. (USA)
  • $71, Valentino V. (Italy)
  • $60, Digital Linx Hosting (Canada) – http://vpsnoc.com
  • $57 (2nd donation), Wolfgang P. (Austria)
  • $50 (2nd donation), Jonathan B H. (USA)
  • $50, Harvey Minnigh (USA)
  • $50, Scotty N. aka “tdi_ywg” (Canada)
  • $50, Edson S. (Canada)
  • $50, Mark E. (USA)
  • $50, Martin S. (Norway)
  • $50, William S. (USA)
  • $50, Martin I. (Switzerland)
  • $50, Paul A. (Canada)
  • $50, Tim B. (USA)
  • $50, Jose M. (Brazil)
  • $43, Linus Staf aka “linus191” (Finland) – http://linusstaf.com
  • $43, Grzegorz Antoniak aka “antonone” (Poland) – http://anadoxin.org/blog
  • $43, Nicholas T. (Greece)
  • $36, Pierre M. (Canada)
  • $36, Werner Palmen (Netherlands)
  • $36, Stratos Laspas aka “StratosJL” (Greece) – http://laspas.gr
  • $36, Rob van den B. (Netherlands)
  • $35, Pete Molina aka “pmolina” (USA)
  • $30, Jeff S. (Australia)
  • $29, Howard S. (Israel)
  • $28, Christopher F. (United Kingdom)
  • $28, Olli K. (Finland)
  • $28, Risto S. (Finland)
  • $28, Manuel F. (Portugal)
  • $28, Salvador T. S. (Spain)
  • $25, Joseph I. (USA)
  • $25, Michael H. (USA)
  • $25, A L A Mulders (Netherlands)
  • $25, Jeffrey W. (USA)
  • $25, Matthew A. (Canada) – http://matthewansell.com
  • $25, Michal K. (USA)
  • $25, Derek Turner aka “frderek” (United Kingdom) – http://www.cantabile.org.je
  • $25, Murali B. (USA)
  • $25, Donn Shaffer aka “donnshaffer” (USA)
  • $25, Benjamin B. (USA)
  • $21, Rikkie Neutelings (Netherlands)
  • $20, Carlos H. (USA)
  • $20, Jordan K. (USA)
  • $20, Steve Burdine aka “Highfructose327” (USA) – http://artandfoss.blogspot.com
  • $20, Thomas Begush aka “Bigsquish” (USA)
  • $20, Cornelius ter W. (Australia)
  • $20, Mark F. (USA)
  • $20, Sture K. (Norway)
  • $20, Antony Coulson (United Kingdom)
  • $20, David V. (USA)
  • $20, JerryB (USA) – http://jerryb-myblog.blogsot.com
  • $20, Slavoljub M. (Norway)
  • $20, Tracy R. S. (USA)
  • $20, Jeremy C. (USA)
  • $20, Graham R. (United Kingdom)
  • $17, Shane Kitt aka “crimsonfire” (Ireland) – http://www.shanekitt.com
  • $15, E Jonsen (United Kingdom) – http://ejsolutions.co.uk
  • $15, John J. (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Anthony L. (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Stephen Baker (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Tim H. (United Kingdom)
  • $15, Lizard L. aka “playful” (USA) – http://www.asiteaboutnothing.net
  • $15, aimee daniells (United Kingdom)
  • $14, Manfred Saliger aka “mintfrind” (Germany) – http://saliger.net
  • $14, Thomas K. (Sweden)
  • $14, Peter T. (Germany)
  • $14, Matthias W. (Germany)
  • $14, Miikkola Pete Sergei (Finland)
  • $14, Joachim M. (Austria)
  • $14, Zdenek III aka “kwevej” (Czech Republic) – http://www.last.fm/user/kwevej
  • $14, Zacharias P. (Cyprus) – http://www.tiankoltd.com
  • $14, Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov” (Bulgaria)
  • $10 (2nd donation), Richard G. (USA)
  • $10, Rob Brown (Australia)
  • $10, David Adams (USA) – http://birdfight.tumblr.com
  • $10, Jaak V. (Estonia)
  • $10, Jindrich R. aka “amino” (Czech Republic)
  • $10, mr m r b. (United Kingdom)
  • $10, Albert P. (Netherlands)
  • $10, Thierry Z. (Switzerland)
  • $10, Anders B. (Norway)
  • $10, Gerard Mc Cormack aka “gmacor2” (United Kingdom)
  • $10, Juan Antonio M. S. (Spain)
  • $10, Charles B. (USA)
  • $10, Thomas D. (Germany)
  • $10, Angel A. (USA)
  • $10, Robert Harper (United Kingdom)
  • $10, Clint B. (USA)
  • $10, Tom P. (United Kingdom)
  • $10, George F. (USA)
  • $10, Wojciech K. (Poland)
  • $10, Paul M. (USA)
  • $10, Tony P. (Australia)
  • $10, George R. aka “Az4x4” (USA)
  • $10, Mark B. (USA)
  • $10, Adam C E. (USA)
  • $10, Jonas Lundstedt aka “jonlun” (Sweden)
  • $10, Farshid G. (USA)
  • $10, Rob S. (United Kingdom)
  • $10, Daniel R. (Canada)
  • $10, Michael W. (USA)
  • $8, Евгений Р. (Russia)
  • $7, Angel M. D. (Spain)
  • $7, Marcos Pascual V. (Spain)
  • $7, Louis Mota aka “Luigi” (Portugal)
  • $6, Hubert M. (Austria)
  • $5, Mochammad K. (Indonesia)
  • $5, Garth L. (USA)
  • $5, Johan T. (Sweden)
  • $5, Levi H. (USA)
  • $5, Thomas W. (USA)
  • $5, Savant B.D. (USA) – http://www.allyourprices.com
  • $3, Susann W. (Germany) – http://www.biergartenblog.de
  • $2, Flavio B. (Switzerland)
  • $1, Inga Muste (Latvia) – http://inga.lv
  • $1, Mark R. (United Kingdom)
  • $1, Daniel Franic (USA) – http://www.cdkey.biz
  • $1, Anant Shrivastava (India) – http://anantshri.info

Sponsors:

Money raised in March:

* Donations: $4026 (127 donors)
* Sponsors: $863.5 (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 8 Helena: 62% (+4%)
  • Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 28% (-2%)
  • Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 5% (-1%)
  • Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 3% (-0%)
  • Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-0%)

Web Stats:

  • Visits: 2,664,246 (+9%)
  • Unique views: 3,539,050 (+7%)
  • Pageviews: 4,582,649 (+6%)
  • Page impressions: 1,788,210
  • Search queries: 6,186,672
  • Forum users: 29,546
  • Forum posts: 249,595

Rankings:

  • Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1602 (3rd)
  • Distrowatch (traffic share): 4.4% (2nd)
  • Alexa (website ranking): 18,493

Events:

Summary:

  • The Linux Mint user base grew significantly in the last few months. It’s 32% bigger than it was in November 2009. It’s still far behind Ubuntu’s but far ahead of any other Linux distribution.
  • The overall income went up 22% in March.
  • Donations and sponsorships were high. We received donations from 127 people in March for a total of $4026! The sponsorships also raised a lot of money: $863.5, from a total of 72 sponsors!
  • March was tough but rewarding. We lost one of our closest friends and the team was greatly affected by it. Then followed a period of hyper-activity as if everyone found comfort in working harder and excelling the best they could in his memory. I know that helped me personally and I know he’d be proud of what we did this month, I’m sure of it. The community gave us a new moderation team, the dev. team managed to produce 4 releases, most of the features planned for Mint 9 were implemented and 4 modules were added to the new community site.
  • We’re now fully ready for the new release cycle, and in April our attention is going to be caught by the new Ubuntu 10.04 release. We’re ahead of schedule and we’ll probably try to fit in a few more features for Mint 9. In the near future we’re going to look at how we work and restructure our editions. Community editions are going to become official, 2 of them are planning to come as both 32 and 64 bit and we’ll try to release them earlier in the cycle and hopefully for both architectures at the same time. It’s too soon to talk about this, but April is going to an un-eventful month in appearance… as we prepare everything and work hard on things behind the curtain. We’re planning to release Linux Mint 9 by the end of May with an RC release in the middle of the month. In April, we might have a few interactive sessions for the community to give us some feedback on some of the new tools such as the new mintinstall, before we integrate them in Linux Mint 9.