{"id":1257,"date":"2010-02-01T19:23:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T17:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2010-02-01T19:23:11","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T17:23:11","slug":"monthly-stats-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=1257","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Stats &#8211; December 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>$150, Bernhard I. (Germany) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.platinlyrics.com\">http:\/\/www.platinlyrics.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $120, PokerKanone.com (Germany) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pokerkanone.com\">http:\/\/pokerkanone.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $100, Jaggy R. (Singapore)<\/li>\n<li> $100, Robert K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $100, Gregory C. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $100, Glenn W. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $89, Yu-min L. (New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li> $77 (2nd donation), Eric H. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $77, Emil Dimitrov (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li> $77, Jan W. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $77, Sam Day aka &#8220;discord&#8221; (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $77, Juan Jose Castro aka &#8220;jjcmmgb&#8221; (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $75, Dan Wright (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $54, Chris M. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Cesare D. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Richard White aka &#8220;rwhite5279&#8221; (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hybridclassroom.com\">http:\/\/hybridclassroom.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $50, Chris Beaudry aka &#8220;NCFC&#8221; (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Nathan B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Abdullah Al-Suwailem (Saudi Arabia)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Carolyn B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Denis A. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Steve Hoffman aka &#8220;SteveHoffmanUK&#8221; (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Gary Martin (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, John Bilston (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Dan K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, John S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Raino P. (Finland)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Chris B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $46, Mario G. aka &#8220;scrat&#8221; (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $40, William S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $38 (2nd donation), Michael Krusch aka &#8220;MAD&#8221; (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $38, Richard Cail (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $38, James W. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li> $31 (2nd donation), Carsten Wehner (Germany) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/superlinuxpc.de\">http:\/\/superlinuxpc.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $31, Frederic S. (France)<\/li>\n<li> $31, Bernard Schurdevin (France)<\/li>\n<li> $31, Haydn P. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Sung P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Manuel F. (Portugal)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Pete Molina aka &#8220;pmolina&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Abel R. (Argentina)<\/li>\n<li> $30, William B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Badr R. (France)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Dmitry V. (Russia)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Patrick Taylor aka &#8220;pataylo&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Michael A. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Jonathan L. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Errol Lisonbee (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Milan S. (Slovakia)<\/li>\n<li> $25 (4th donation), Philippe W. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li> $25 (2nd donation), Bjorn S. Nielsen aka &#8220;bjornie&#8221; (Norway)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Joseph R. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Anonymous (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Erick J B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Raphael C. (World)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Americo R. (Venezuela)<\/li>\n<li> $25, John B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Tomas B. (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Rev Richard R. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Slavoljub M. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Jay Stewart aka &#8220;jag1182&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Zeljko T S. aka &#8220;zts&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Joseph V. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $23, Marianne M. (France)<\/li>\n<li> $23, Marc Floris (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $23, Francisco C. C. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $23, Giorgio C. aka &#8220;thetall82&#8221; (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $23, Anonymous (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $20 (2nd donation), Colin Casey (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $20 (2nd donation), Dan B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Chris Jones (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/caringcompy.org\">http:\/\/caringcompy.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $20, Michael D. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, David F. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Michael W. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Trevor B. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Donna Fontenot aka &#8220;DonnaFontenot &#8211; DazzlinDonna&#8221; (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dazzlindonna.com\">http:\/\/www.dazzlindonna.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $20, David LaButte aka &#8220;dlabutte&#8221; (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Kazuhiko T. (Japan)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Ludovic G. aka &#8220;Lewdsquirrel&#8221; (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Ventura M (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Eugene C. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Catherine N. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $15 (2nd donation), Douglas S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $15, George T. (Greece)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Richard L. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Peter H. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Martin S. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Wolfgang B. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Alex W. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Rodrigo Dias aka &#8220;roddias&#8221; (Brazil)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Costas Krallis aka &#8220;sv1xv&#8221; (Greece) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qsl.net\/sv1xv\/\">http:\/\/www.qsl.net\/sv1xv\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $15, Alessandro R. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Volker B. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Mario B. (Portugal)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Robert D B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Kevin Dermott (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Alexander R. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Emil Pavlov aka &#8220;emil_pavlov&#8221; (Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Pasqualino F. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $15, John S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Brian G. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Eberhard J. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Simon M. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Bernard S. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $10, David Chandra aka &#8220;dakochan&#8221; (Singapore) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/dakotux.wordpress.com\">http:\/\/dakotux.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Christopher W. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Robert S. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Tan Sin W. (Singapore)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Luke Blackmore (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Sammy F. aka &#8220;sammyF70&#8221; (France) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmic-bandito.com\">http:\/\/www.cosmic-bandito.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Steven J G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Stephen Woodward (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Alberto Ballestri and Marco Fabbri (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Mark B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Troy C. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Michael Lewis aka &#8220;HAM&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Charlie Wolcott aka &#8220;714snoopy&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Richard E. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, M Akbar M. (Indonesia)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Ross Scalise aka &#8220;rmscalise&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Timothy G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Andrew A. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $8, BOXnDICE INTERNET (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Simon B. E. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Simone B. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Vasluianu M. A. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Janne B. (Finland)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Martin J. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Miguel Cunha Duarte aka &#8220;mcduarte2000&#8221; (Portugal) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miguelduarte.net\">http:\/\/www.miguelduarte.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $7, Edward L Dunlap III (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $6, Fabio Barbieri (Mexico)<\/li>\n<li> $6, Michal F. (Slovakia)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Jennifer P. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Ruben C. M. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Wasim Soukieh (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Marc van der Wolf (Netherlands) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vdwolf.nl\">http:\/\/www.vdwolf.nl<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $5, Brian O. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Enrico Galli (Italy) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egw.it\">http:\/\/www.egw.it<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $5, Weslly Labrador (Venezuela) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/wesllyoni.blogspot.com\">http:\/\/wesllyoni.blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $5, Mehmet C. (Turkey)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Hideaki T. (Japan)<\/li>\n<li> $3, Francesco S. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $2, Hendra P. (Indonesia)<\/li>\n<li> $2, Savant B.D. (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyourprices.com\">http:\/\/www.allyourprices.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $2, Lucille Paulis aka &#8220;Duysterwald&#8221; (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $2, Maciej Z. (Poland)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Shahmir Karim aka &#8220;kl2u&#8221; (Malaysia) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/toy-watch\">http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/toy-watch<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Alan F. (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Pawel W. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Peter G. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Serge M. (France)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Jiri P. (Czech Republic)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Parmesh F. (USA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sponsors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$231, R1Soft (USA) &#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> $106, SEOMoves (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seomoves.org\">http:\/\/www.seomoves.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $88, Emilio A S.<\/li>\n<li> $75, John Ritchie aka &#8220;Aging Technogeek&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com\/\">http:\/\/www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $40, Az Van aka &#8220;newW2&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanbroadbandservice.com\/\">http:\/\/www.americanbroadbandservice.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $20, TOPIMMOBILIEN  aka &#8220;Tim&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.immobilien-es.com\/ \">http:\/\/www.immobilien-es.com\/ <\/a><\/li>\n<li> $20, Scott P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Linux in the HAM Shack aka &#8220;HamShackLinux&#8221; (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blacksparrowmedia.com\/lhs\">http:\/\/blacksparrowmedia.com\/lhs<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $15, Dimitris C.<\/li>\n<li> $11, Gustav Holm aka &#8220;Gustav&#8221; (Sweden) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/gustavholm.com\/\">http:\/\/gustavholm.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $11, cheap vps hosting &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neosurge.com\/\">http:\/\/www.neosurge.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Brandon P.<\/li>\n<li> $10, Todd W.<\/li>\n<li> $10, Christian Junghans aka &#8220;Hexenkind&#8221; (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Jack H. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dlxcompany.com\">http:\/\/www.dlxcompany.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) aka &#8220;Tim&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de\/\">http:\/\/www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Website Auditor &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.websiteauditor.org\">http:\/\/www.websiteauditor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Real Estate Centers &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realestatecenters.net\">http:\/\/www.realestatecenters.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $7, Unixmen &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unixmen.com\/\">http:\/\/www.unixmen.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $7, Jesse Burroughs aka &#8220;JpB\u044f&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $6, Kenneth E.<\/li>\n<li> $5, David Simmons (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Einar Orn E.<\/li>\n<li> $5, Sohier C.<\/li>\n<li> $5, linuxmint-italia.org aka &#8220;prior123&#8221; (Italy) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint-italia.org\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint-italia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $5, Contact lenses (Ireland) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eye-care-4u.com\">http:\/\/www.eye-care-4u.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $5, Linuxmint-FR.org (France) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint-fr.org\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint-fr.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $5, Christopher D.<\/li>\n<li> $5, Stuart C.<\/li>\n<li> $4, Ian E.  aka &#8220;EchoLynx &#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $3, CreationsByRichie &#8211; Animated Banners &amp; Graphical Designs &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/creationsbyrichie.com\">http:\/\/creationsbyrichie.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $2, Douglas T.<\/li>\n<li> $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvisn.com\/\">http:\/\/www.nvisn.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $2, funkelectric (Spain) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.funkelectric.com\/\">http:\/\/www.funkelectric.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $2, Scott M.<\/li>\n<li> $2, Ryan Lewon aka &#8220;vt102&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/vt102.com\">http:\/\/vt102.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1.5, Farbyte (United Kingdom) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/farbyte.com\">http:\/\/farbyte.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, very-clever.com &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-clever.com\/\">http:\/\/www.very-clever.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Prasad.S.R (India) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/saysprasad.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/saysprasad.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Busybits aka &#8220;Submit Website&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.busybits.com\/\">http:\/\/www.busybits.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jasiulewicz.pl\/\">http:\/\/jasiulewicz.pl\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Kevin H.<\/li>\n<li> $1, Surf in Peace (United Kingdom) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfinpeace.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.surfinpeace.co.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Pokerschule &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pokerschulen.com\">http:\/\/pokerschulen.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.cyprusresaleproperties.ru\">http:\/\/www.cyprusresaleproperties.ru<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycyprusweather.com\">http:\/\/www.mycyprusweather.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Mohd Ismail B.<\/li>\n<li> $1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyprusresaleproperties.com\">http:\/\/www.cyprusresaleproperties.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Daryl J.<\/li>\n<li> $1, Frank S.<\/li>\n<li> $1, Erin G.<\/li>\n<li> $1, LinBoo.com &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/linboo.com\/linux\/mint.html\">http:\/\/linboo.com\/linux\/mint.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)<\/li>\n<li> $0.9, Michael K.<\/li>\n<li> $0.5, Nottingham web design (United Kingdom) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drawmyattention.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.drawmyattention.co.uk\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $0.5, Dedicated Servers Hosting &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com\">http:\/\/www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Money raised in December:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Donations: $4174 (155 donors)<br \/>\n* Sponsors: $886.4 (62 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 8 Helena: 43% (+11%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 43% (-10%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 7% (-1%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 4% (-0%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-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>3,316,286<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span> (+12<\/span><span>%<\/span><span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pageviews: <\/span><span>4,327,171<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span> (+14<\/span><span>%<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Page impressions: <\/span>N\/A<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Search queries: N\/A<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forum users: N\/A<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forum posts: N\/A<br \/>\n<\/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): N\/A (3rd)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Distrowatch (traffic share): N\/A (2nd)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alexa (website ranking): N\/A<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Events:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linux Mint 8 x64 edition was released: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1183\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1183<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Community Website was opened to the public (at ALPHA stage) with a module similar to Brainstorm: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1195\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1195<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mintCast released 1 episode 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>December 2009 was the (10th consecutive) best month ever since the creation of Linux Mint.<\/li>\n<li>The overall income was up 12%.<\/li>\n<li>Our user base is the second largest in the desktop Linux market.<\/li>\n<li>The community support was higher than ever seen before: 155 people giving a total of over $4,000.<\/li>\n<li>We released these statistics a month late and so some of the figures weren&#8217;t recorded but December 2009 was by far the best month for us since the creation of the distribution. Whether it&#8217;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!<\/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: $150, Bernhard I. (Germany) &#8211; http:\/\/www.platinlyrics.com $120, PokerKanone.com (Germany) &#8211; 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. 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