Monthly Stats – October 2010

Donations & Sponsorships:

Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:

Donors:

$150, Jim D. aka “jajodo”
$135, Dr J. C. aka “Medicine Man“
$108 (2nd donation), Achim Leybach
$100 (2nd donation), Jordan S.
$100, Pascal A.
$100, Bruno C.
$100, Stephen P.
$100, Onofre Properties and Rentals
$100, Somers Rocks Press
$100, altair4
$100, Robert C.
$94.5, Olivier R.
$91, Balázs G.
$81.25 (2nd donation), Ian M. aka “iMitch403”
$81 (3rd donation), Jan W.
$78, Orlando M. M.
$67.5, Niranjan Radhakrishnan aka “niranj”
$65 (2nd donation), Edwin Vervliet aka “edwin”
$65, Jozsef B.
$61.75 (2nd donation), Ian M. aka “iMitch403”
$60 (2nd donation), David Gagne aka “davidgagne80”
$54.6, Nick Prosch
$52 (2nd donation), Olaf L. aka “olligod”
$51 (2nd donation), Suyog B.
$50 (7th donation), Jonathan B. Horen aka “JBHoren“
$50 (2nd donation), Richard H.
$50, John M.
$50, Carlos H. G.
$50, Glenn R.
$50, William R.
$50, Simon N.
$50, Paul E.
$50, 21st Century Cabinets
$50, Paul C
$50, Tim M.
$50, Michael L. aka “ddavid123”
$50, Philip M.
$50, Carl G.
$47.25, Sebastian W.
$47.25, Christian aka “nert”
$40, Johh D.
$40, Dale R.
$39 (5th donation), Wolfgang P.
$37, Jarosław N.
$35 (11th donation), Pete Molina aka “pmolina”
$35 (2nd donation), Sung P.
$33.75, J J. V. K.
$33.75, Harald T.
$33, Maxim A. aka “Sp1ker“
$33, Scott N.
$30 (2nd donation), Derek L.
$30, Jun Q.
$30, Graham J.
$27 (14th donation), Manuel F.
$27 (4th donation), Miguel Cunha Duarte aka “mcduarte2000“
$27 (2nd donation), Salvador T. S.
$27 (2nd donation), Gilles Jurek
$27, Christian P.
$27, Prepress by Sloane
$27, Andreas G.
$27, Ronnie T.
$27, Miss anon aka “Anonymous “
$27, Molnár P.
$26 (13th donation), Marco R.
$26 (8th donation), Olli K.
$26 (2nd donation), David T.
$26, Douglas H.
$26, Jon C. K.
$25 (3rd donation), Kamal G.
$25 (3rd donation), Kenny Hendrick aka “NprComputers“
$25 (2nd donation), Ventura M
$25 (2nd donation), Edward Comer aka “celem”
$25, Norman B. D.
$25, Dror C.
$25, Adam M.
$25, James J.
$25, John B.
$25, Kenneth D. H.
$23.45, Borja L. S.
$21, Илья Ш.
$20.25, Ian P.
$20 (7th donation), Matthew M.
$20 (3rd donation), Mark B.
$20 (2nd donation), David S.
$20 (2nd donation), Chad S. aka “seca”
$20 (2nd donation), Juhani K.
$20 (2nd donation), Jeffrey DeVries
$20 (2nd donation), Anonymous
$20, Roger P.
$20, John B.
$20, Trevor H.
$20, Kimberly P.
$20, Erling D.
$20, Jackson C. aka “Splintercat“
$20, Robert L.
$20, Zachary S.
$20, Martin H.
$20, Tom B.
$20, Russell N.
$20, Todd M.
$20, Daniel J.
$20, Roy C.
$20, Shreyas G.
$20, Robert K.
$20, Roger G.
$20, Hugh Dowling
$19.5, Simon C.
$18 (2nd donation), DLX Company
$18, Graham T.
$17, David R.
$16.2 (2nd donation), Kevin D.
$16, Vivian P. aka “VRP”
$15 (16th donation), slw
$15 (2nd donation), Michael C.
$15 (2nd donation), Greg Dawes aka “Greg-NZ”
$15, Vincent A.
$15, Stephan K.
$13.5 (10th donation), Temel Balci
$13.5, Michael T.
$13.5, Jörn G.
$13.5, Martin J.
$13.5, Volker K.
$13.5, C R. P.
$13.5, Ricardo J. G.
$13.5, Siniša M.
$13 (12th donation), Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov”
$13, Christian B.
$13, Helmut T.
$13, Attila B.
$10.8, Vagn B. J.
$10 (6th donation), William S. aka “Supergoo”
$10 (3rd donation), Jose P.
$10 (2nd donation), Paul B.
$10 (2nd donation), Luis D.
$10, Mark C.
$10, Nobutoshi K. aka “FOUNCID”
$10, Alexandr Bobylov
$10, Dan N.
$10, Thomas M.
$10, Jacob T.
$10, Francisco Hernández aka “frankh73”
$10, Barry J. C.
$10, Jesus R. P.
$10, David C.
$10, Chandrasing P.
$10, John M.
$10, Andy’s Pens
$10, Justin P.
$10, Colin R.
$9.45 (5th donation), Sylwia Bialczak
$9, Kaarel K. aka “Kaar3l”
$8, Bernhard N.
$8, Jamie F.
$7 (2nd donation), Tiaan Steynberg aka “Jesica“
$7, Zoe Q.
$6.75 (2nd donation), Ulf S. aka “MonteDrago”
$6.75, Barry M.
$6.75, Michael L.
$6.75, Sven B.
$6.75, Kalle F.
$6.5, Ronald T.
$6.5, Fabio N.
$5.4, Álvaro S. T.
$5 (4th donation), Michael G.
$5 (3rd donation), Rashed aka “Rashed“
$5 (2nd donation), Susann aka “Blogger Su“
$5, Ankit M.
$5, Dominic B.
$5, Guillermo E. D.
$5, Jamie H.
$5, O.Mehmet. Y. aka “mehmet7”
$5, John F.
$5, Irondojo.com
$5, Simon R.
$5, Mr D. S. V.
$5, Owen G.
$4, Thomas L.
$3, Michał S.
$2.5 (2nd donation), Le T.
$2 (2nd donation), Craig Stock aka “craig10x”
$2, Philip C.
$1.5 (2nd donation), Charles Vlk aka “kunk”
$1.35, eCommerce24h.pl
$1.33 (2nd donation), Anton Konnoff
$1 (6th donation), free backlinks
$1 (3rd donation), Gonzalo C. aka “gcosta“
$1, Efriel Elyasa
$1, jk
$1, Ruben D. G.

Sponsors:

$231, R1Soft
$106, SEOMoves
$75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek”
$25, American Broadband Family of Companies
$25, Blayne B.
$20, Az Van aka “newW2”
$20, CEPTOR Datentechnik oHG
$20, Scott P.
$15, Atomidata
$12, Thomas S. aka “Thom aus Breuberg”
$12, Tim W.
$11, Promotional Mouse Mats
$10, Advermedia
$10, Angel M. D.
$10, Anthony Gallon
$10, Barry’s Tickets
$10, Brandon P.
$10, Dan Jackson
$10, Jack H.
$10, Jeramy R.
$10, Mugs Promotional
$10, Real Estate Centers
$10, Rob S.
$10, SEM Visibility
$10, TaoWoods Village
$10, Website Auditor
$10, William C. Mitchell aka “onewing”
$10, worldsrealestate.net
$9, Promotional Items
$8, Attila Vecsei
$8, Printed Clothing
$7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя”
$7, Personalised Clothing
$7, Promotional Mug
$6, Clothing Promotional
$6, Martin Senftleben aka “DrMartinus“
$5, Don Brubaker
$5, Flemming D. Joergensen aka “DcyMatrix“
$5, J.A. Sin aka “Futari”
$5, Jeffrey S.
$5, Joe H. aka “JoeFootball”
$5, Kevin D.
$5, Lee K.
$5, Matthew Y.
$5, Nicholas H.
$5, Parental Control Software
$5, Printed Clothing
$5, Printed Mug
$5, Private Jets Charter
$5, Promotional Gifts
$5, Steve Burdine aka “Highfructose327“
$5, Thomas Howson
$5, Torstein Sornes aka “todda7”
$5, Turin
$4, Baby shower favors
$4, Chile travel
$4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx “
$3, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs
$3, Josef K.
$2, Caravan Awnings
$2, Douglas T.
$2, Joerg Dreckmann
$2, PapayaMedia.com aka “juankvillegas“
$2, SPAC Information and News
$1.5, Daniel A.
$1.5, Farbyte
$1, Недвижимость на Кипре
$1, недвижимость в греции
$1, Cyprus Resale
$1, Cyprus Weather
$1, Ethoseo Internet Marketing Bellingham, WA
$1, Frank S.
$1, giochi gratis
$1, Greg Flynn
$1, iPad News
$1, Online Pokerraum aka “donegon“
$1, Pokerschule
$1, Property In Greece
$1, redfoa
$1, redfoa
$1, Renelou Esperanzate
$1, Seth Forrestier
$1, surfinpeace.co.uk
$1, very-clever.com

Money raised in October:

* Donations: $5283.08 (189 donors)
* Sponsors: $929 (84 sponsors)

http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php
http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

Linux Mint 9 Isadora LTS: 56.26%
Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 12.36%
Linux Mint 8 Helena: 11.49%
Linux Mint 10 Julia: 10.14%
LMDE: 3.79%
Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2.32%
Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 2.30%
Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 1.34%

Web Stats:

Visits: 2,579,663
Unique views: 3,293,483
Pageviews: 4,239,064
Page impressions: 2,148,044
Search queries: 6,623,880
Forum users: 38,553
Forum posts: 321,498

Rankings:

Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1430 (3rd)
Distrowatch (traffic share): 5.1% (2nd)
Alexa (website ranking): 17,846th

Events:

Release: Linux Mint 10 RC
mintCast released 2 episodes: http://mintcast.org/

Summary:

October was an exciting month for us, with all the attention culminating around a single event, the release of Linux Mint 10 RC. The new artwork was well received within the community and we noted people were excited by the new features. I’d like to thank all the translators who are participating in translating it at the moment, and also all the people who raised bug reports. We’ve fixed a lot of bugs since the RC release, and even though nothing critical was found, the feedback gave us the opportunity to bring additional yet significant improvements. The stable release of Linux Mint 10 should be ready early this November and we’re hoping it will be among the most popular desktops we’ve ever released.
We’re traditionally hit by the gap between Ubuntu and Linux Mint in the release cycle, when there’s a new Ubuntu system out there, and no up-to-date Linux Mint released yet. Surprisingly this year, we managed to close this gap to a minimum with an early RC release and a longer delay between RC and stable. Our user base didn’t fluctuate by 10% like it usually does and our income is actually up this month.
Last month, I expressed worries about the low amount in donations compared to 2009. I don’t really know how to express the gratitude I feel towards the community right now, but it’s huge… you reacted more than we ever hoped. Almost twice as many people donated and we managed to collect more this month than we ever did before: $5283. This is a fantastic sign of support. It’s not only inspiring and motivating, it’s also extremely comforting going forwards and it shows us the level of support we’re having from you. Very few projects out there manage to get this far without corporate backing and focus on commercial activities. Thanks to you, we don’t have to worry about that, we’re at the top, fully focused on the distribution itself, and it’s all community-funded. It’s hard to describe how special this is and I feel really thankful and privileged by this.
The blog was moved to its own dedicated server in the USA. As a result both the website and the blog are now more responsive.
Coming up, we’re getting close to a stable release of Linux Mint 10 early November, a second LMDE release with the same features and an improved installer in December. Work also started on the other editions and we’ll have more news about them in the coming days.