{"id":1010,"date":"2009-09-01T14:08:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T12:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2009-09-01T14:08:46","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T12:08:46","slug":"monthly-stats-august-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Stats &#8211; August 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Donations &amp; Sponsorships:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Donors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$163, Adnan Z. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $120, Nicolas B. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $102, James Marsh (Australia) &#8211; http:\/\/www.engadinecycles.com.au\/<\/li>\n<li> $100, Micah Gravel aka &#8220;micahman&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $74 (2nd donation), David F. (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li> $74, Badr R. (France)<\/li>\n<li> $74, Matthias R. (France)<\/li>\n<li> $60, Jim Duffield aka &#8220;sapperk9&#8221; (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Andreas Rumpenhorst (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $50, James Donaldson (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Robert D. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $50, William G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Stefano Candotti aka &#8220;Stevewonder&#8221; (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Eric Pate (USA) &#8211; http:\/\/www.carolinagreenpc.com<\/li>\n<li> $50, Billy S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Andre D. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $44 (2nd donation), Wolfgang P. (Austria)<\/li>\n<li> $44, Francisco C. C. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $37, Thomas G. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $37, Bernhard M. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Mark O&#8217;D. (World)<\/li>\n<li> $30, David C. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $28, Pau Carre Cardona (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $27, Jeffrey K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Gavin Engel (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Ed D. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Clifton Rhodes (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Sudheer S. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Paul Bary (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20 (2nd donation), Dan B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Dalibor Saula (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Amiel H. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Sven S. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $20, David Brown (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Jonathan P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Winston G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $16, John B. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Matthew G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Slavoljub M. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Paul George (United Kingdom) &#8211; http:\/\/www.paulgeorge.me<\/li>\n<li> $14, Patrick Baumann (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Iain G. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $14, L G DE L. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Charl P. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Claudio Gabriele N. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Bruno M. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Joseph W. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Gunter D. (Austria)<\/li>\n<li> $13.13, Mac C. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $11, Mongolisch-Deutsch.de aka &#8220;rmbw&#8221; (Germany) &#8211; http:\/\/www.mongolisch-deutsch.de<\/li>\n<li> $10 (2nd donation), Richard G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Henry W. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Dmitry O. (Russia)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Ludovic G. aka &#8220;Lewdsquirrel&#8221; (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Kevin M. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Tom Perry (United Kingdom) &#8211; http:\/\/twitter.com\/tomp83<\/li>\n<li> $10, Ralph N. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Bob H. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Christopher G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Anthony N. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Steinar M. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Donald D&#8217;A. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, MuddBuddha (USA) &#8211; http:\/\/muddbuddha.com<\/li>\n<li> $10, John P. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Marcel P. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Chaitanya K aka &#8220;thegoodmelon&#8221; (India)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Krzysztof J. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Gabriel S. (World)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Geoffroy M. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Marcus Wikstrom aka &#8220;mece&#8221; (Finland) &#8211; http:\/\/twitter.com\/mece66<\/li>\n<li> $5 (2nd donation), Matthew O. (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Malcolm B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Francesco Coiro (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Apollo V. Melo aka &#8220;teflashfire&#8221; (USA) &#8211; http:\/\/militarylinuxusers.blogspot.com<\/li>\n<li> $5, Doug Berch (USA) &#8211; http:\/\/dougberch.com<\/li>\n<li> $5, Venkatesh B. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Helen J. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Peter Hope-Tindall aka &#8220;hopetindall&#8221; (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Brandon P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $4, Johan T. (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li> $2, Remy van Elst (Netherlands) &#8211; http:\/\/relst.nl\/<\/li>\n<li> $2, PartEase (USA) &#8211; http:\/\/www.partease.com<\/li>\n<li> $1, Viktor Semenovskiy (Russia) &#8211; http:\/\/ubuntunnru.blogspot.com\/<\/li>\n<li> $1, Pierre G. (Belgium)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sponsors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$310, R1Soft &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.r1soft.com\/tools\/linux-hot-copy\/?ls=linuxmint\">http:\/\/www.r1soft.com\/tools\/linux-hot-copy\/?ls=linuxmint<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$100, Host Color (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hostcolor.com\/vps\">http:\/\/www.hostcolor.com\/vps<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$75, John Ritchie\t\t\t (Aging Technogeek &#8211; USA)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com\/\">http:\/\/www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$40, Az Van (newW2 &#8211; USA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$25, <\/span>American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanbroadbandservice.com\/\">http:\/\/www.americanbroadbandservice.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$20, TOPIMMOBILIEN (Tim &#8211; Germany) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.immobilien-es.com\/\">http:\/\/www.immobilien-es.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$20, <\/span>Scott P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Russ W.<\/li>\n<li>$11, cheap vps hosting &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neosurge.com\/\">http:\/\/www.neosurge.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stitzcomputers.com\/\">http:\/\/stitzcomputers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de\/\">http:\/\/www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$10 Gustav Holm (Sweden) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gustavholm.com\/\">http:\/\/gustavholm.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$7, Unixmen &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unixmen.com\/\">http:\/\/www.unixmen.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$7, Jesse Burroughs (JpB\u044f &#8211; USA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$7, Panagiotis Papasaikas (Greece) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrew.cmu.edu\/user\/ppapasai\/\">http:\/\/www.andrew.cmu.edu\/user\/ppapasai\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$6, <\/span>Attila Vecsei (Finland) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vecsei.net\/\">http:\/\/www.vecsei.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$5, linuxmint-fr.org (ludal &#8211; France) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint-fr.org\/\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint-fr.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$5, linuxmint-italia.org (Pietro Martino \/ prior123 &#8211; Italy) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint-italia.org\/\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint-italia.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$5, Sohier C.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$5, Christopher D.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$5, DLX Company (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dlxcompany.com\/\">http:\/\/www.dlxcompany.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$5, <\/span>Stuart C.<\/li>\n<li>$5, Paul S.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$3.5, Ian Egland (Echolynx &#8211; USA)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$2, Funkelectric (Spain) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.funkelectric.com\/\">http:\/\/www.funkelectric.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$2, <\/span>NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvisn.com\/\">http:\/\/www.nvisn.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, very-clever.com &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-clever.com\/\">http:\/\/www.very-clever.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, Busybits &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.busybits.com\/\">http:\/\/www.busybits.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, linboo.com &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linboo.com\/\">http:\/\/www.linboo.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, Expert Bookings &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.expert-bookings.com\/\">http:\/\/www.expert-bookings.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, <\/span>Cyprus Property (Cyprus) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leptosestates.com\/\">http:\/\/www.leptosestates.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$1, \u041d\u0435\u0434\u0432\u0438\u0436\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u041a\u0438\u043f\u0440\u0435 (Cyprus) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leptos-estates.ru\/\">http:\/\/www.leptos-estates.ru\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, Prasad S.R. (India) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/saysprasad.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/saysprasad.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, Surf in Peace (UK) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfinpeace.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.surfinpeace.co.uk\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1 <\/span>Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jasiulewicz.pl\/\">http:\/\/jasiulewicz.pl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, Erin G.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, Liquidvps.net &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liquidvps.net\">http:\/\/www.liquidvps.net<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$0.5, Martijn van Loon (aapiethaaap &#8211; Netherlands)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$0.5, <\/span>Nottingham web design (UK) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drawmyattention.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.drawmyattention.co.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Money raised in August:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Donations: $2162.13 (85 donors)<br \/>\n* Sponsors: $775.5 (42 sponsors)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a href=\"..\/..\/donors.php\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/donors.php<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/..\/sponsors.php\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/sponsors.php<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>User Stats:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 75% (+7%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 15% (-5%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 7% (-1%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 3% (-1%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Web Stats:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Visits: <\/span><span class=\"primary_value\">1,874,462<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"primary_value\"> (+12<\/span><span class=\"positive_comparison\">%<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\">)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pageviews: 3,341,385<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"primary_value\"> (+10<\/span><span class=\"positive_comparison\">%<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\">)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Page impressions: <\/span>1,381,550<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Search queries: 4,131,663<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forum users:20,272<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forum posts:175,325<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Rankings:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1279 (3rd)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Distrowatch (traffic share): 4.2% (2nd)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alexa (website ranking): 28,272nd<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Events:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 7 Gloria KDE was released: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=986\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=986<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mintCast released 5 episodes of their podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/mintcast.org\/\">http:\/\/mintcast.org\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>August 2009 was the (6th consecutive) best month ever since the creation of Linux Mint.<\/li>\n<li>The overall income is up 24%.<\/li>\n<li>Our user base is the second largest in the desktop Linux market.<\/li>\n<li>The community support is outstanding: 85 people donated last month for a total of $2162 and our sponsors raised $775.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donations &amp; Sponsorships: Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint: Donors: $163, Adnan Z. 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