{"id":866,"date":"2009-06-01T14:35:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=866"},"modified":"2009-06-01T14:35:10","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T12:35:10","slug":"monthly-stats-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=866","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Stats &#8211; May 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>$147, Andrew K. (Russia)<\/li>\n<li>$147, Daniel F. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$147, Rodney M. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>$110, Aleksandr A. (Russia)<\/li>\n<li>$100, 12EasyHosting (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$100, Loyal B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$100, Terry B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$100, Reject the Herd (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$77, Peter T. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>$74, David N. (Czech Republic)<\/li>\n<li>$74 (2nd donation), Eric H. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$74, Marwan B. (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>$73 (5th donation), John Trapp (foggytown \u2013 USA)<\/li>\n<li>$72, Sean R. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$60 (2nd donation), William R. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$50 (3rd donation), Arron J. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$50 (2nd donation), Barry Patterson (UK) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redsandstonehill.net\">http:\/\/www.redsandstonehill.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$50, Lauro F. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Paul M. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Andrew F. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>$50, S R W. (Malaysia)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Krishna M. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Rodney C. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$50, Scott P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$44 (2nd donation), Uwe S. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$44, Jonas G. (Sweden)<\/li>\n<li>$41 (5th donation), Peter Fitzsimons (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$35, Fernando G. (Mexico)<\/li>\n<li>$30, Lipton C. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$30, Bernard B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$30, Juergen G. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>$29 (3rd donation), Marco R. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li>$29 (2nd donation), Peter Kasbergen (PiEp \u2013 Netherlands) &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piep.nu\/\">http:\/\/www.piep.nu\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$29, Gilles J. (France)<\/li>\n<li>$29, Frans N. (Netherlands)<\/li>\n<li>$29, Diego C. (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>$25 (2nd donation), William S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, James M. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Michael F. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Colin C. (Canada)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Joel O. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Daniel B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Joseph K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Mike E. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$22, Stephen P. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$20 (2nd donation), David S. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$20 (2nd donation), Carl K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Paul G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Mike D. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Dale B. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Paul G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Sam R. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Sebastian C. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Bill E. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Kenneth S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$20, Gary V. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Kostas G. (Greece)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Ole P. (Denmark)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Herman V. (Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Pavel U. (Czech Republic)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Jakub G. (Poland)<\/li>\n<li>$25, Richard G. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Tim K. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Urs M. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Daniel W. (Switzerland)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Catalin T. (Romania)<\/li>\n<li>$15, David B. (Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Andrew A. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Nikos A. (Greece)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Pawe P. (Poland)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Carl B. (Belgium)<\/li>\n<li>$15, Zak McG. (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>$10 (9th donation), Phillip Blake (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$10 (2nd donation), Justin Peterson (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jp23.net\/\">http:\/\/www.jp23.net\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>$10 (2nd donation), David Morris (DPMorris \u2013 USA)<\/li>\n<li>$10, Garry K. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$10, Jonathan H. (New Zealand)<\/li>\n<li>$10, Clemens N. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$10, Mark C. (UK)<\/li>\n<li>$10, Csaba S.\u00a0 (Hungary)<\/li>\n<li>$9, Georgetta B. (Romania)<\/li>\n<li>$9, Agostino G. (Italy)<\/li>\n<li>$8, Clyde N. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$7, Monika P. (Estonia)<\/li>\n<li>$7, Lennart B. (Germany)<\/li>\n<li>$5, Jose P. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$5, Marijan D. (Croatia)<\/li>\n<li>$5, Khalil S. (USA)<\/li>\n<li>$2, Bruno L. (Brazil)<\/li>\n<li>$1, Zekeriya t K. (Turkey)<\/li>\n<li>$1, Julie S. (USA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sponsors:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$100, Host Color (USA) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hostcolor.com\/vps\">http:\/\/www.hostcolor.com\/vps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$70, Philippe Lotz (alsaphil &#8211; France)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$50, Linux-Onlineshop (Germany) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-onlineshop.de\/\">http:\/\/www.linux-onlineshop.de<\/a><\/span><\/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;\">$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;\">$10, Lucas W.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$8, 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;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedtest.gr\/\"><\/a><\/span><\/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, Guillermo Enrique Guglietti (Canada) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbancsa.org\/\">http:\/\/www.urbancsa.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.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/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><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$1, BusinessSale &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webvaluer.org\/\">http:\/\/www.webvaluer.org<\/a><\/span><\/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, Prasad S.R. (India) &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/saysprasad.wordpress.com\/\">http:\/\/saysprasad.wordpress.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">$0.5, Martijn van Loon (aapiethaaap &#8211; Netherlands)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Money raised in May:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">* Donations: $3135<br \/>\n* Sponsors: $396<\/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: #000000;\">Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 4%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 11%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 37%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 48% <\/span><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:\u00a0<span class=\"primary_value\">1,378,407<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\"> (+12.45<\/span><span class=\"positive_comparison\">%<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\">)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pageviews: <\/span><span class=\"primary_value\">2,689,945<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"primary_value\"> (+15.06<\/span><span class=\"positive_comparison\">%<\/span><span class=\"primary_value\">)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Page impressions: <\/span>1,425,021<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Search queries: <\/span>2,564,610<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forum users: 16650<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Forum posts: 146441<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/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): 1408 (3rd)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ff00;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Distrowatch (traffic share): 4.3% (2nd)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alexa (website ranking): 31,388th<\/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 was released: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=847\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=847<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Linux Mint 7 Gloria RC1 was released: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=796\">http:\/\/www.linuxmint.com\/blog\/?p=796<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mintCast released 3 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>We&#8217;ve received a fantastic amount of support from the community last month. 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