Monthly Stats – January 2011

Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

$455, Andries P. Hekstra
$200, Thomas C. I.
$100 (9th donation), Jonathan B. Horen aka “JBHoren”
$100 (3rd donation), Ronald S.
$100, John B.
$100, Theo & Robyn, Mackay, Qld aka “goer“
$100, David S.
$78 (4th donation), Orlando M. M.
$78, Vladimir O. aka “Vlad The Impatient“
$75 (2nd donation), Larry B.
$70 (6th donation), Antonio M. aka “Rob Brill’s book-keeper”
$65, Jean-Christophe F.
$65, Marco P.
$52, Ken R.
$52, Peter D.
$50 (3rd donation), Peter S. aka “Pierre”
$50 (2nd donation), Tore Andre D.
$50, William D.
$50, Juri T.
$50, Gary B.
$50, Thomas C.
$50, Magnus K.
$50, Philip S.
$50, Milen P.
$50, Shawn P.
$39, Christian M.
$35 (14th donation), Pete Molina aka “pmolina”
$35, Irene R.
$32.5 (2nd donation), J J. V. K.
$32.5, Peter H.
$32.5, Johan B. aka “Joe1”
$30, Marie-Claude H.
$30, Nigel W.
$30, Maxim K.
$26 (16th donation), Manuel F.
$26 (11th donation), Olli K.
$26 (10th donation), Frank Bechstein
$26 (2nd donation), Pasi K.
$26 (2nd donation), Bernard Schurdevin
$26 (2nd donation), Peter Schallmoser-Schlogl
$26 (2nd donation), Hartmann M.
$26, Alberto R. S.
$26, Rainer L.
$26, Paul E.
$26, J M. D.
$25 (2nd donation), Troy A.
$25 (2nd donation), Avery W.
$25 (2nd donation), Steve T.
$25 (2nd donation), Lee Sturman aka “Hammerlee”
$25, Yusuf B.
$20 (10th donation), Matthew M.
$20 (5th donation), Brian G.
$20 (3rd donation), Jens B.
$20 (3rd donation), Geoff Perry
$20, Lee D.
$20, James R.
$20, scottje
$20, Cecil H.
$20, Tegan R.
$20, Carl M.
$20, Alan H.
$20, Mark C.
$20, Carl C.
$20, Tom C.
$20, Jeff M.
$20, Noel C.
$20, William W.
$20, Kenneth W. C.
$19.5, Michael H.
$16, Rizwan J.
$15 (19th donation), Славољуб aka “slw”
$15 (5th donation), Michael C.
$15 (2nd donation), Todd M.
$15, vAusTek LLC aka “vAusTek Consulting“
$15, Attila K.
$15, Dimitris Roussis
$15, Steven H.
$15, Mijo Wilson
$15, Andrew B.
$13 (15th donation), Emil Pavlov aka “emil_pavlov”
$13 (11th donation), Paco C.C. aka “kannabix”
$13 (3rd donation), Ronald T.
$13 (2nd donation), Helmut T.
$13, Rod S.
$13, Jordi A. M. D.
$13, Jan B.
$13, Antonio T.
$13, Hannu H.
$13, Michael L.
$13, Adam T.
$13, Conrad D.
$13, Christian G.
$13, Daniel M.
$13, Eddy C.
$13, Jade I.
$13, Jonathan F.
$10 (5th donation), Michael K.
$10 (4th donation), Nobutoshi K. aka “founcid”
$10 (4th donation), Johan T.
$10 (4th donation), Debra R.
$10 (3rd donation), P. S. B. aka “fixpcpaul“
$10 (3rd donation), David M.
$10 (2nd donation), Mark M. aka “BubbaBlues”
$10, Richard P.
$10, Alan M.
$10, Kiril Sotirov
$10, Victor M. V. A.
$10, Yavuz Y.
$10, Jonathan B.
$10, Evan S.
$10, Jorge C. M. P.
$10, Howard Rogers aka “Dizwell“
$10, Ian W.
$10, Mike B.
$10, Nick P. aka “Jonick”
$10, Ralf H.
$10, Gaylon A.
$10, Richard B.
$10, Robin Zlatic
$10, Luke B.
$7.8 (5th donation), Kevin Dermott
$7.64, Boris J.
$6.5 (7th donation), Sylwia Bialczak
$6.5, Emmanuelle B.
$6.5, tete
$6.5, Henrik K. Kristensen
$6.5, Marius H.
$6.5, Robert O.
$6.5, Tomas P.
$6.5, Janno P.
$6.5, Isaac T. aka “itbcn8”
$6.5, Raul L. P. aka “Molgorth“
$5 (10th donation), Phillip H Blake aka “antiquexray”
$5 (3rd donation), Alan G.
$5 (2nd donation), Leon
$5, Mihai M aka “Mike“
$5, Sixten M. T.
$5, Dean Loros aka “autocrosser on Mint Forums”
$5, Charles W.
$5, Esdras T. C.
$5, Christian K.
$4 (11th donation), Savant B.D.
$4, Rupesh P.
$3 (4th donation), Tiaan Steynberg aka “Jesica“
$3 (2nd donation), Ubozhenko A. aka “Aleksdem“
$2.6 (4th donation), Ulf S. aka “MonteDrago”
$2.6, Kostas K.
$2.6, Enrico P.
$2 (5th donation), Paul B. aka “Dude”
$2 (2nd donation), Семён Г.
$2, Kenneth W.
$2, Bed in a Bag
$1.6 (5th donation), Romeo C. D. aka “Yupy“
$1.42 (2nd donation), Sara F.
$1.39 (2nd donation), Sara F.
$1.3, Vaidas J.
$1.21, Axel Gutiérrez Zamora Morales
$1 (9th donation), Kay Pee Jewelers
$1 (5th donation), Romeo C. D. aka “Yupy“
$1, Albert O.
$1, Ozcan A.
$1, Jesse J.
$1, Christian Å.
$1, Rusli P. Tandiabang

Sponsors:

$231, R1Soft
$106, SEOMoves
$75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek”
$50, Web Hosting
$25, Blayne B.
$20, Az Van aka “newW2”
$20, CEPTOR Datentechnik oHG
$20, Kristian S.
$20, Scott P.
$15, Atomidata
$14, Investment Blog
$13, Unixmen.com
$12, Thomas S. aka “Thom aus Breuberg”
$12, Tim W.
$11, Promotional Mouse Mats
$11, Roman P.
$10, Advermedia
$10, Angel M. D.
$10, Anthony Gallon
$10, Barry’s Tickets
$10, Dan Jackson
$10, Jack H.
$10, Jeff R.
$10, Jeramy R.
$10, JimQ
$10, Jonathan K.
$10, Mugs Promotional
$10, Promotional Gifts
$10, Real Estate Centers
$10, Rob S.
$10, Roland F. Arms
$10, SEM Visibility
$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, Dimitris Christidis
$5, Don Brubaker
$5, Flemming D. Joergensen aka “DcyMatrix“
$5, Gregory T.
$5, Jeffrey S.
$5, Joe H. aka “JoeFootball”
$5, Kevin D.
$5, Lee K.
$5, Mahendra T.
$5, Mahendra T.
$5, Matthew N.
$5, Matthew Y.
$5, Printed Clothing
$5, Printed Mug
$5, Private Jets Charter
$5, Promotional Gifts
$5, Scott Y.
$5, Sohier C.
$5, Thomas Howson
$5, Thomas Nehrlich
$5, Torstein Sornes aka “todda7”
$5, Turin
$4, Baby shower favors
$4, Chile travel
$4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx “
$4, Shannon D.
$3, Stephen Aghaulor
$3, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs
$3, Josef K.
$3, Sebastian Posch
$2, Douglas T.
$2, Joerg Dreckmann
$2, Manuel V.
$2, SPAC Information and News
$2, VeganQuébec
$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, External Hard Drive Reviews
$1, Frank S.
$1, giochi gratis
$1, Greg Flynn
$1, iPad News
$1, John Michael L.
$1, Kolektory słoneczne
$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 January:

* Donations: $4058.16 (164 donors)
* Sponsors: $1075 (101 sponsors)

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

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

Linux Mint 10 Julia: 43.21%
Linux Mint 9 Isadora LTS: 29.61%
Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 9.20%
Linux Mint 8 Helena: 7.09%
LMDE: 6.40%
Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 1.99%
Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 1.58%
Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 0.91%

Web Stats:

Visits: 2,851,749
Unique views: 3,666,221
Pageviews: 4,692,032
Page impressions: 2,450,165
Search queries: 8,028,962
Forum users: 42,866
Forum posts: 361,254

Rankings:

Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1549 (2nd)
Distrowatch (traffic share): 4.3% (2nd)
Alexa (website ranking): 15,278th

Events:

An interview was recorded with mintCast
mintCast released 2 episodes: http://mintcast.org/

Summary:

LMDE was successfully released and the focus switched back to the other editions and the upcoming Linux Mint 11.
The KDE edition was tested but postponed in order to include the newly released KDE 4.6.
The LXDE edition is being tested.
Discussions are ongoing within the development team to decide whether the Fluxbox edition is to switch base from Ubuntu to LMDE.
Due to personal circumstances affecting its maintainer, the Xfce edition has been delayed.
Development started on Linux Mint 11. The two major features being discussed at the moment are the ability to backup and restore system snapshots, and a new network protocol which would allow Mint computers to be aware of each box connected to the local network in real time, and give users the ability to see who’s connected, to chat with them and exchange files.
Major upstream changes also mean the team will need to dedicate some time to fix things that are about to be broken… namely, changes with pygtk, gconf, aptd and Gnome 3.
We’re also keeping an eye on the Software Center, which thanks to a meeting we weren’t invited to, is about to become a Linux standard and gain the functionalities currently available in our Software Manager. It’s too soon to say whether we’ll continue to improve Software Manager or switch to Software Center. Upstream projects and other distributions aren’t interested in re-using our application and it makes little sense for us to compete with Ubuntu, especially if they’re happy to implement our ideas. If the upcoming Software Center is on par feature-wise with the Software Manager, we might switch to it in Linux Mint 11. We’re a bit bitter with the way this was done and the way we’re being ignored, but this is a good thing for the desktop and Linux users. In the end, whether it’s our solution or theirs, we’re happy to use what’s best.
Financially we’re doing very good. Our income is down 1.1% after what was our best month since the start of the project. Our sponsorships reached over $1,000/month. Our user base grew in the last few months and we now have the servers to cope with the increased traffic.