{"id":710,"date":"2009-04-01T22:21:41","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T20:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=710"},"modified":"2009-04-01T22:21:41","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T20:21:41","slug":"monthly-stats-march-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=710","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Stats &#8211; March 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Donations &amp; Sponsorships:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:<\/p>\n<p>Donors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$100, Bill S. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>$100, Jack W. S. (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>$100, Richard M. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$50 (2nd donation), Herbert L. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Andrew B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Jamie G. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Larry B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Clive B. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$41, Andreas S. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$34, Peter K. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li>$34 (2nd donation), Lothar S. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$30, Robert P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$27, Bernard L. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Gary B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Dean Di P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Tim B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, William S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Paul B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25 (2nd donation), Jim D. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Felipe M. V.\u00a0 (Mexico)<\/li>\n<li>$20, James T. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Yance F. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20 (4th donation), Jaxon L. (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/um-reloaded.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/um-reloaded.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$20, Syrinx (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Jose D. G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Matthew W. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Seth S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$15 (3rd donation), Brian B.\u00a0 (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Jacob S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Andrew M. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>$14, Asgeir K. (Norway)<\/li>\n<li>$14, Eniko V. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li>$14, Marion T. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$14, Germano S. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li>$14, Robert B. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$10 (2nd donation), Richard Garrison (garrisonr \u2013 USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richard-garrison.com\/\">http:\/\/www.richard-garrison.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$10 (3rd donation), Henry W. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$10, Steven M. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$10, Dan B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$10 (2nd donation), Jindrich Radic (Czech Republic)<\/li>\n<li>$8, Israel V. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$7, All-Access Customer (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$7, Matthias Z. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$7, Frantisek Z. (Slovakia)<\/li>\n<li>$7 (2nd donation), Wilken S. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$7, Eoin S. (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>$7, Giuseppe P. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$5, Alex K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$5, Sean D. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$5, Timothy K. (USA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sponsors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$70, Philippe Lotz (alsaphil &#8211; France)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Linux-Onlineshop (Germany) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-onlineshop.de\/\">http:\/\/www.linux-onlineshop.de<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com\/\">http:\/\/www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$40, Az Van (newW2 &#8211; USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, TOPIMMOBILIEN (Tim &#8211; Germany) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.immobilien-es.com\/\">http:\/\/www.immobilien-es.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$10, Jim Rogers (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$7, Jesse Burroughs (JpB\u044f &#8211; USA)<\/li>\n<li>$7, Panagiotis Papasaikas (Greece) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrew.cmu.edu\/user\/ppapasai\/\">http:\/\/www.andrew.cmu.edu\/user\/ppapasai\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$5, Dimitris Athanasiou (RHO, Greece) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedtest.gr\/\">http:\/\/www.speedtest.gr<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$5, Vassilis Skoullis (Greece)<\/li>\n<li>$5, linuxmint-fr.org (ludal &#8211; France) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint-fr.org\/\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint-fr.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$5, linuxmint-italia.org (Pietro Martino \/ prior123 &#8211; Italy) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint-italia.org\/\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint-italia.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$5, Guillermo Enrique Guglietti (Canada) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbancsa.org\/\">http:\/\/www.urbancsa.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$5, J. Cain (ronnoc &#8211; USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/realestatepointe.blogspot.com\/\">http:\/\/realestatepointe.blogspot.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$5, LA Express<\/li>\n<li>$5, MPD Digital<\/li>\n<li>$3.5, Ian Egland (Echolynx &#8211; USA)<\/li>\n<li>$2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$1, BusinessSale &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webvaluer.org\/\">http:\/\/www.webvaluer.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$1, very-clever.com &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.very-clever.com\/\">http:\/\/www.very-clever.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$1, Busybits &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.busybits.com\/\">http:\/\/www.busybits.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$1, linboo.com &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linboo.com\/\">http:\/\/www.linboo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$1, Expert Bookings &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.expert-bookings.com\/\">http:\/\/www.expert-bookings.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$0.5 Martijn van Loon (aapiethaaap &#8211; Netherlands)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Money raised in March:<\/p>\n<p>* Donations: $1256<br \/>\n* Sponsors: $300<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/..\/donors.php\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/donors.php<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"..\/..\/sponsors.php\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/sponsors.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>User Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 7.99%<\/li>\n<li>Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 19.76%<\/li>\n<li>Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 72.24%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Web Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visits:\u00a0<span class=\"primary_value\">1,277,408<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\"> (<\/span><span class=\"positive_comparison\">+18.66%<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\">)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Pageviews:\u00a0<span class=\"primary_value\">2,437,531<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\"> (<\/span><span class=\"positive_comparison\">+17.62%<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Page impressions: 1,019,289<\/li>\n<li>Search queries: 2,630,797<\/li>\n<li>Forum users: 14266<strong><strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Forum posts: 131709<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rankings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1482 (3rd)<\/li>\n<li>Distrowatch (traffic share): 2.5% (3rd)<\/li>\n<li>Alexa (website ranking): 37,932th<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Events: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Linux Mint 6 KDE CE RC1 was released: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=655\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=655<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Linux Mint 6 Fluxbox CE RC1 was released: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=651\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=651<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Linux Mint 4 Daryna reaching end of life: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=698\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=698<\/a><\/li>\n<li>mintCast released 3 episodes of their podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/mintcast.org\/\">http:\/\/mintcast.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Don Cosner, our release manager, also known as Exploder had a baby \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;ve had a really successful month. If we ignore the depreciation of the US dollar our income went up 31%. Both sponsorship and donations were up as well. Of course we&#8217;re comparing a 31 days month with a 28 days one, but still, the results are extremely good.<\/li>\n<li>The activity also grew on the forums and the traffic got bigger on our start pages, indicating a growth of our user base.<\/li>\n<li>Our Distrowatch rankings went down but their website only covered 2 of our releases this year. In comparison Ubuntu hit their frontpage 6 times with 4 Alphas, 1 Beta and 1 revision release. This is not a complaint and Distrowatch have explained their stand on this, but our apparent lack of activity partly explains the figures. We&#8217;ve also lost our novelty factor and if Mint is still quite new in some circles it is well known by now among Distrowatch visitors. The traffic share is at 2.5% which is very good but not accurate since it&#8217;s only based on the figures for April, which just started.<\/li>\n<li>20% is the share of Elyssa LTS among Linux Mint users. It is quite low. Mint 5 LTS will get updates, the latest tools and innovations, long after Mint 6 and even Mint 7 will be made obsolete. It represents the best alternative for people who don&#8217;t want to upgrade every 6 months. In fact people moving away from Linux Mint 4 Daryna, which is about to reach end of life, are typical users who do not follow Linux Mint with each new release and instead of migrating to Linux Mint 6 Felicia which will be replaced by Linux Mint 7 Gloria in a few months they would be better off opting for Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS. We made changes to our download page to put more emphasis on Mint 5 LTS and we&#8217;ll make our best to promote it more efficiently. This is a sign of a lack of communication and we&#8217;ll address it.<\/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: $100, Bill S. (Canada) $100, Jack W. S. (Denmark) $100, Richard M. (UK) $50 (2nd donation), Herbert L. (UK) $50, Andrew B. (USA) $50, Jamie G. (UK) $50, Larry B. (USA) $50, Clive B. (UK) $41, Andreas S. 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