Monthly Stats – March 2011

Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

$150 (9th donation), Antonio M. aka “Rob Brill’s book-keeper”
$150 (2nd donation), C. L. aka “Rev Mike“
$132 (2nd donation), Drazen P.
$100 (4th donation), Jordan S.
$100, Alexander M. aka “Alex“
$100, David Clearwater
$79.2 (6th donation), Orlando M. M.
$66 (3rd donation), Achim L.
$60 (3rd donation), Darrel Norstrom aka “Darrel”
$50 (2nd donation), Christian Porter
$50 (2nd donation), Terry G.
$50, Mark F.
$50, Rodney G.
$50, Thomas K.
$50, James M.
$50, Jon N.
$39.6, Christian E.
$39.6, Lorenz F.
$35 (16th donation), Pete Molina aka “pmolina”
$35, Rob
$34.5 (2nd donation), Henk van C.
$33, Hartmut B.
$33, Florian
$30 (4th donation), Avery W. aka “willie42”
$30, Thomas D.
$27.6 (18th donation), Manuel F.
$27.6, ALKO aka “Loïc”
$26.4 (14th donation), Marco R.
$26.4 (14th donation), Olli K.
$26.4, Raymond C.
$26.4, Giuseppe S.
$26.4, Michele P. aka “mikipao”
$26.4, Sorin Silaghi aka “sorin7486“
$25 (7th donation), John M.
$25 (6th donation), Kenny Hendrick aka “NprComputers“
$25 (3rd donation), Michael L. aka “ddavid123“
$25, B Smith aka “corktowner”
$25, Arnold H.
$25, Robert F.
$25, Willi G.
$25, Ahmad M.
$25, Stoffberg’s
$20 (20th donation), Славољуб aka “slw”
$20 (12th donation), Matthew M.
$20 (2nd donation), Clifton W.
$20 (2nd donation), Trevor H.
$20, Daniel H.
$20, Bruno N.
$20, Thomas M.
$20, Mr D. A. R.
$20, Randy K.
$20, Steven M.
$20, Juan F. L. M.
$20, Jannik W.
$20, Jason W.
$20, David K.
$20, John S.
$20, Martin D.
$20, Hugh T.
$19.8, Simone F.
$15 (6th donation), Michael Krusch aka “MAD”
$15 (4th donation), P. S. B. aka “fixpcpaul“
$15, Sebastian P.
$15, Ben H.
$13.8, Philip E.
$13.2 (4th donation), Marcos Antonio S.
$13.2 (3rd donation), Jacques aka “germanix”
$13.2, Kris G.
$13.2, Alberto S.
$13.2, Jörg B.
$13.2, Rwhl W.
$13.2, Christian D.
$13.2, Johannes G.
$13.2, Anita P.
$13.2, Aron K.
$13.2, Thomas T.
$13.2, Christopher B.
$13.2, Nicolas A.
$11, aka “kalamarr”
$10 (5th donation), Jun Q.
$10 (5th donation), Henry W.
$10 (3rd donation), Kiril Sotirov
$10 (3rd donation), lupinehorror
$10 (3rd donation), Ian W. aka “Wiggy25”
$10 (2nd donation), Zoe Q.
$10 (2nd donation), Stuart M.
$10, Kasper E.
$10, Antonio B.
$10, Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
$10, Hannes G.
$10, John C. Gage aka “Linux411“
$10, Sharif A.
$10, Evan B.
$10, Andras Porga aka “GodmaNZ”
$10, Timothy C.
$10, Matthew M.
$9.7, Robert S.
$9 (3rd donation), Philip A.
$8 (3rd donation), Philip A.
$7 (3rd donation), Philip A.
$7 (3rd donation), lupinehorror
$6.6 (4th donation), Kevin D.
$6.6 (3rd donation), Andreas G.
$6.6, Mikko H.
$6.6, Giuseppino M.
$6.6, TravelProtect GmbH
$6.6, Jindřich Z. aka “cechi”
$6.44 (2nd donation), Marcus W. aka “Cranium Slows”
$6 (2nd donation), Terry G.
$6, Adam W.
$5 (8th donation), Inga Muste aka “TokRa“
$5 (2nd donation), Manoj Devdas Prabhu
$5 (2nd donation), Aaron C.
$5 (2nd donation), Rob Brown aka “Brownie“
$5 (2nd donation), Eugene L.
$5, Levi H.
$5, Iván R. F. M.
$5, Luis B. aka “Wicho“
$5, Anatol P.
$5, Faisal O. A.
$5, TK aka “Glory to the Son of God/Jesus”
$5, Michael F.
$4, Jamie F.
$3.96 (6th donation), Ulf S. aka “MonteDrago”
$3.96, Florian C.
$3.18 (3rd donation), Bojan Kopanja
$3, Natalya Belenko aka “tlm”
$3, Jake Th.
$2.74 (3rd donation), Bojan Kopanja
$1.74, Graham L.
$1 (11th donation), Cool Computer Tricks
$1 (6th donation), Romeo C. D. aka “Yupy“
$1 (2nd donation), Rusli P. Tandiabang
$1 (2nd donation), Kim H. aka “grhdtj“
$1 (2nd donation), StuzzHosting.com
$1, Vincent P.
$1, Sanz G. L.
$1, Easter Island Hotels
$1, Armia aka “Evan Andika“
$1, Charlesley L.
$0.65, Andrzej C.
$0.36 (9th donation), Inga Muste aka “TokRa“

Sponsors:

$231, R1Soft
$106, SEOMoves
$75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek”
$50, Andreas Landgraf
$25, Blayne B.
$21, Jay P.
$20, Az Van aka “newW2”
$20, CEPTOR Datentechnik oHG
$20, David S.
$20, Kristian S.
$20, Scott P.
$14, Investment Blog
$13, Unixmen.com
$12, Tim W.
$11, Promotional Mouse Mats
$11, Roman P.
$10, Advermedia
$10, Andre H.
$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, 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, Martin S.
$7, Personalised Clothing
$7, Promotional Mug
$6, Clothing Promotional
$6, deep64blue
$6, Martin Senftleben aka “DrMartinus“
$6, shop2help.dk
$5, Dimitris Ch.
$5, Don Brubaker
$5, Fandangio
$5, Flemming D. Joergensen aka “DcyMatrix“
$5, Gregory T.
$5, Jeffrey S.
$5, Joe H. aka “JoeFootball”
$5, Lee K.
$5, Matthew N.
$5, Matthew Y.
$5, Printed Clothing
$5, Printed Mug
$5, Private Jets Charter
$5, Promotional Gifts
$5, Scott St.
$5, Scott Y.
$5, Sohier C.
$5, Steve Burdine aka “Highfructose327“
$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, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs
$3, Josef K.
$3, Sebastian Posch
$3, Stephen Aghaulor
$2.1, Product Reviews Community
$2, Caravan Awnings
$2, Douglas T.
$2, Florian A.
$2, Joerg Dreckmann
$2, Manuel V.
$2, SPAC Information and News
$2, VeganQuébec
$1.66, Ainer.org
$1.5, Daniel A.
$1.5, Farbyte
$1.25, Justin Peterson
$1.2, Tax-Rebate
$1, Недвижимость на Кипре
$1, недвижимость в греции
$1, Cyprus Resale
$1, Cyprus Weather
$1, Ethoseo Internet Marketing Bellingham, WA
$1, Frank S.
$1, Greg Flynn
$1, Hard Drive Reviews
$1, iPad News
$1, Javier Ruiz
$1, John Michael L.
$1, Online Pokerraum aka “donegon“
$1, Poker Fieber
$1, Pokerschule
$1, Property In Greece
$1, redfoa
$1, redfoa
$1, Renelou Esperanzate
$1, Seth Forrestier
$1, surfinpeace.co.uk
$1, very-clever.com
$0.5, Awesome Link Directory
$0.5, Foobnix – Simple and Powerful music player for Linux
$0.5, Хакасия real-time

Money raised in March:

* Donations: $3017.03 (142 donors)
* Sponsors: $1119.71 (113 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: 50.4%
Linux Mint 9 Isadora LTS: 24.37%
Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 7.85%
LMDE: 7.29%
Linux Mint 8 Helena: 5.64%
Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 2.30%
Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 1.36%
Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 0.79%

Web Stats:

Visits: 2,891,507
Unique views: 3,645,403
Pageviews: 4,646,967
Page impressions: 2,595,738
Search queries: 8,168,539
Forum users: 46,070
Forum posts: 387,497

Rankings:

Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1816 (2nd)
Distrowatch (traffic share): 3.7% (2nd)
Alexa (website ranking): 14,950th

Events:

New logos were acquired
A community poll was organised
Linux Mint 10 LXDE was released
Linux Mint Xfce RC (201104) was released
mintCast released five podcast episodes, including interviews with Boo and Justin: #54, #55, #56, #57 and #58

Summary:

March started with some very bad news. Due to personal circumstances Ikey had to focus on his personal life and could no longer work on Linux Mint.
The mintCast project was extremely successful and released 5 quality episodes, interviewing 2 team members.
The LXDE edition was released as stable and the Xfce edition switched to Debian.
From a financial point of view, none of the figures were bad, but none were particular high either. The overall daily income went down by 6%.
Improvements were made to the Update Manager and the Desktop Settings tool for the upcoming Mint 11 and LMDE.
In April, improvements should be made to the Software Manager and time will be spent in testing our desktop, including new packages such as LibreOffice and Firefox 4 and making sure upstream changes related to Gnome and Unity don’t impact it in any negative way.