{"id":1355,"date":"2010-04-01T14:43:01","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T12:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2010-04-01T18:33:49","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T16:33:49","slug":"monthly-stats-march-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=1355","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Stats &#8211; March 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<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>$500, Anonymous (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $200, John C. aka &#8220;BuzzKiller&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $200, Ronald S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $143, Pascal M. (France)<\/li>\n<li> $100, Frederick V. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $100, HenryW. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $100, Ivan Popovic (Croatia)<\/li>\n<li> $100, Jonathan K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $100, Markus R. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li> $75, David K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $71, Valentino V. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li> $60, Digital Linx Hosting (Canada) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/vpsnoc.com\">http:\/\/vpsnoc.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $57 (2nd donation), Wolfgang P. (Austria)<\/li>\n<li> $50 (2nd donation), Jonathan B H. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Harvey Minnigh (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Scotty N. aka &#8220;tdi_ywg&#8221; (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Edson S. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Mark E. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Martin S. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li> $50, William S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Martin I. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Paul A. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Tim B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $50, Jose M. (Brazil)<\/li>\n<li> $43, Linus Staf aka &#8220;linus191&#8221; (Finland) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/linusstaf.com\">http:\/\/linusstaf.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $43, Grzegorz Antoniak aka &#8220;antonone&#8221; (Poland) &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/anadoxin.org\/blog\">http:\/\/anadoxin.org\/blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $43, Nicholas T. (Greece)<\/li>\n<li> $36, Pierre M. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $36, Werner Palmen (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $36, Stratos Laspas aka &#8220;StratosJL&#8221; (Greece) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/laspas.gr\">http:\/\/laspas.gr<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $36, Rob van den B. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $35, Pete Molina aka &#8220;pmolina&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $30, Jeff S. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $29, Howard S. (Israel)<\/li>\n<li> $28, Christopher F. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $28, Olli K. (Finland)<\/li>\n<li> $28, Risto S. (Finland)<\/li>\n<li> $28, Manuel F. (Portugal)<\/li>\n<li> $28, Salvador T. S. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Joseph I. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Michael H. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, A L A Mulders (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Jeffrey W. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Matthew A. (Canada) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/matthewansell.com\">http:\/\/matthewansell.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $25, Michal K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Derek Turner aka &#8220;frderek&#8221; (United Kingdom) &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cantabile.org.je\">http:\/\/www.cantabile.org.je<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $25, Murali B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Donn Shaffer aka &#8220;donnshaffer&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $25, Benjamin B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $21, Rikkie Neutelings (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Carlos H. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Jordan K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Steve Burdine aka &#8220;Highfructose327&#8221; (USA) &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/artandfoss.blogspot.com\">http:\/\/artandfoss.blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $20, Thomas Begush aka &#8220;Bigsquish&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Cornelius ter W. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Mark F. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Sture K. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Antony Coulson (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $20, David V. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, JerryB (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jerryb-myblog.blogsot.com\">http:\/\/jerryb-myblog.blogsot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $20, Slavoljub M. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Tracy R. S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Jeremy C. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Graham R. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $17, Shane Kitt aka &#8220;crimsonfire&#8221; (Ireland) &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shanekitt.com\">http:\/\/www.shanekitt.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $15, E Jonsen (United Kingdom) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ejsolutions.co.uk\">http:\/\/ejsolutions.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $15, John J. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Anthony L. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Stephen Baker (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Tim H. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Lizard L. aka &#8220;playful&#8221; (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiteaboutnothing.net\">http:\/\/www.asiteaboutnothing.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $15, aimee daniells (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Manfred Saliger aka &#8220;mintfrind&#8221; (Germany) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/saliger.net\">http:\/\/saliger.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $14, Thomas K. (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Peter T. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Matthias W. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Miikkola Pete Sergei (Finland)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Joachim M. (Austria)<\/li>\n<li> $14, Zdenek III aka &#8220;kwevej&#8221; (Czech Republic) &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/kwevej\">http:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/kwevej<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $14, Zacharias P. (Cyprus) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiankoltd.com\">http:\/\/www.tiankoltd.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $14, Emil Pavlov aka &#8220;emil_pavlov&#8221; (Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li> $10 (2nd donation), Richard G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Rob Brown (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $10, David Adams (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/birdfight.tumblr.com\">http:\/\/birdfight.tumblr.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Jaak V. (Estonia)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Jindrich R. aka &#8220;amino&#8221; (Czech Republic)<\/li>\n<li> $10, mr m r b. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Albert P. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Thierry Z. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Anders B. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Gerard Mc Cormack aka &#8220;gmacor2&#8221; (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Juan Antonio M. S. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Charles B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Thomas D. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Angel A. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Robert Harper (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Clint B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Tom P. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $10, George F. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Wojciech K. (Poland)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Paul M. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Tony P. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li> $10, George R. aka &#8220;Az4x4&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Mark B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Adam C E. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Jonas Lundstedt aka &#8220;jonlun&#8221; (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Farshid G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Rob S. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Daniel R. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li> $10, Michael W. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $8, \u0415\u0432\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0420. (Russia)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Angel M. D. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Marcos Pascual V. (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $7, Louis Mota aka &#8220;Luigi&#8221; (Portugal)<\/li>\n<li> $6, Hubert M. (Austria)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Mochammad K. (Indonesia)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Garth L. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Johan T. (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Levi H. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Thomas W. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Savant B.D. (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyourprices.com\">http:\/\/www.allyourprices.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $3, Susann W. (Germany) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biergartenblog.de\">http:\/\/www.biergartenblog.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $2, Flavio B. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Inga Muste (Latvia) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/inga.lv\">http:\/\/inga.lv<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Mark R. (United Kingdom)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Daniel Franic (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdkey.biz\">http:\/\/www.cdkey.biz<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Anant Shrivastava (India) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/anantshri.info\">http:\/\/anantshri.info<\/a><\/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> $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> $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanbroadbandservice.com\/\">http:\/\/www.americanbroadbandservice.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $22, TOPIMMOBILIEN  aka &#8220;Tim&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.immobilien-es.com\/ \">http:\/\/www.immobilien-es.com\/ <\/a><\/li>\n<li> $20, Az Van aka &#8220;newW2&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $20, Jeramy Ross<\/li>\n<li> $20, Scott P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $16, Dimitris C. (Greece)<\/li>\n<li> $15, Luis Cintron (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $12, Tim W. (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $12, Thomas S. aka &#8220;Thom aus Breuberg&#8221; (Germany)<\/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, Anthony Gallon (New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li> $10, advermedia.info &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advermedia.info\">http:\/\/www.advermedia.info<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Real Estate Centers &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.realestatecenters.net\">http:\/\/www.realestatecenters.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Jack H. &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dlxcompany.com\">http:\/\/www.dlxcompany.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, worldsrealestate.net &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldsrealestate.net\">http:\/\/www.worldsrealestate.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Website Auditor &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.websiteauditor.org\">http:\/\/www.websiteauditor.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Barry&#8217;s Tickets (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barrystickets.com\">http:\/\/www.barrystickets.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, Brandon P.<\/li>\n<li> $10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/stitzcomputers.com\/\">http:\/\/stitzcomputers.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $10, SEM Visibility<\/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> $8, Attila Vecsei (Finland) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vecsei.net\">http:\/\/www.vecsei.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, Sohier C.<\/li>\n<li> $5, Kevin D.<\/li>\n<li> $5, J.A. Sin aka &#8220;Futari&#8221; (Spain)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Joe H. aka &#8220;JoeFootball&#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $5, Thomas Howson (United Kingdom) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howson.me.uk\">http:\/\/www.howson.me.uk<\/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, Stuart C.<\/li>\n<li> $5, Christopher D.<\/li>\n<li> $5, Steve Burdine aka &#8220;Highfructose327&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/artandfoss.blogspot.com\"> http:\/\/artandfoss.blogspot.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $5, Flemming D. Joergensen aka &#8220;DcyMatrix&#8221; (Denmark) &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/tuxtrack.org\">http:\/\/tuxtrack.org<\/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> $4, Ian E.  aka &#8220;EchoLynx &#8221; (USA)<\/li>\n<li> $4, Chile travel (Chile) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.letsgochile.com\">http:\/\/www.letsgochile.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $3, Josef K.<\/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, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nvisn.com\/\">http:\/\/www.nvisn.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)<\/li>\n<li> $2, Douglas T.<\/li>\n<li> $2, Dan Jackson (United Kingdom)<\/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, Jose Javier R. V.<\/li>\n<li> $1, Frank S.<\/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, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyprusresaleproperties.com\">http:\/\/www.cyprusresaleproperties.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Renelou Esperanzate (Philippines)<\/li>\n<li> $1, Alex Smith (United Kingdom) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/alexsmith.im\">http:\/\/alexsmith.im<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Kevin H.<\/li>\n<li> $1, Mohd Ismail B.<\/li>\n<li> $1, Cyprus Weather (Cyprus) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycyprusweather.com\">http:\/\/www.mycyprusweather.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, Prasad.S.R (India) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/saysprasad.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/saysprasad.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li> $1, Daryl J.<\/li>\n<li> $1, Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jasiulewicz.pl\/\">http:\/\/jasiulewicz.pl\/<\/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, Pokerschule &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pokerschulen.com\">http:\/\/pokerschulen.com<\/a><\/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> $0.5, Dedicated Servers Hosting &#8211;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com\">http:\/\/www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com<\/a><\/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<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Money raised in March:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Donations: $4026 (127 donors)<br \/>\n* Sponsors: $863.5 (72 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: 62% (+4%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 28% (-2%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 5% (-1%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 3% (-0%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2% (-0%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Web Stats:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visits: <span>2,664,246 (+9%)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Unique views:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span> <\/span><\/span><span>3,539,050 (+7%)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pageviews: <\/span><span>4,582,649<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span> (+6<\/span><span>%<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Page impressions: <\/span>1,788,210<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Search queries: <\/span>6,186,672<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forum users: 29,546<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forum posts: 249,595<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): 1602 (3rd)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Distrowatch (traffic share): 4.4% (2nd)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alexa (website ranking): 18,493<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Events:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linux Mint 8 Xfce RC1 was released: <a href=\"..\/?p=1310\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=1310<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Our friend and team member, Mats Geier, aka &#8220;Husse&#8221; 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