Monthly Stats – October 2011

Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

$700 (5th donation), Ian M. aka “bcc4foss“
$314.15, Andrew Coristine
$205 (2nd donation), Internet Beacon
$160 (2nd donation), Jim D. aka “jajodo”
$100 (6th donation), Jordan S.
$100 (6th donation), Gregor M.
$100 (3rd donation), Drazen P.
$100 (2nd donation), Steve Hoffman aka “SteveHoffmanUK”
$100, Gregory P.
$100, Robert C.
$67.64, Dirk K.
$67.64, Douglas L.
$67.63, Joachim M.
$67.56, Quim aka “slackjp”
$64.75 (2nd donation), Jean-Paul Genette
$64.75, Uwe U.
$60 (4th donation), Darrel Norstrom aka “Darrel”
$54.39, Nikolaj P.
$54.11 (7th donation), Pasi K.
$54.11, Durand F.
$50 (25th donation), Slavoljub aka “slw”
$50 (10th donation), JBHoren
$50 (8th donation), Tsuguo S.
$50 (7th donation), Andreas S. aka “Unforgiving67“
$50 (7th donation), Tsuguo S.
$50 (6th donation), Tsuguo S.
$50 (4th donation), Richard H.
$50 (3rd donation), V. Mark Lehky aka “SiKing“
$50 (2nd donation), Alan H.
$50 (2nd donation), Mark S.
$50, DJ Conde
$50, Robert M.
$50, James D.
$50, David P.
$50, Edie M.
$50, Einnar aka “einnar”
$50, Chris R.
$50, Ken de Montigny
$50, Joel T.
$50, Frederick M.
$40.58 (3rd donation), Lorenz F.
$40.58, Jorge D.
$40.53, Inigo X. C.
$38.85 (6th donation), Wolfgang P.
$33.82, Gregor K.
$33.78, Matthias H.
$32.38 (3rd donation), MartinF aka “badwolf9“
$30, Jason G.
$30, jmro3006
$27.06 (25th donation), Manuel F.
$27.06 (2nd donation), Jens-uwe R.
$27.06, Thomas H.
$27.06, Darth
$27.06, Eric C.
$25.9 (20th donation), Olli K.
$25.9 (2nd donation), Ron D.
$25.9, Michel B.
$25.9, Victor J. J. J.
$25.9, Rita M.
$25.9, Stephen C.
$25 (3rd donation), Kent K.
$25 (3rd donation), Adam D.
$25 (2nd donation), Marcus K. aka “TH3B4R0N“
$25, Jude N.
$25, Darin S.
$25, Len J.
$25, Internet Beacon
$25, Christian T.
$25, David L. aka “lebel“
$25, Tim B.
$25, Ricky B.
$20 (5th donation), Phillip H.
$20 (4th donation), Richard G. aka “Trollboy”
$20 (3rd donation), Eduardo O.
$20 (2nd donation), Paul C
$20 (2nd donation), Simon N.
$20 (2nd donation), Denis L.
$20 (2nd donation), Earl Dukerschein aka “Bitflogger“
$20, Wayne A.
$20, Michael E.
$20, Kazuyoshi K.
$20, Larry H. J.
$20, Erin Z.
$20, David S
$20, David R.
$20, Timofey T.
$20, Erin Z.
$20, Larry B.
$20, Oddgeir K.
$20, Jonathan H.
$20, Ernie H.
$20, Mostafa
$20, Ryan M.
$20, Patrick H.
$20, Juan M.
$20, Sergey S.
$20, Tatsuya H.
$19.43 (4th donation), Jarkko K.
$17.59 (2nd donation), Rufus
$15 (8th donation), P. S. B. aka “fixpcpaul“
$15 (7th donation), William S. aka “Supergoo”
$15 (2nd donation), Špiro T.
$15 (2nd donation), David K.
$15, Wen H. L.
$15, Barry T.
$15, Andy N.
$15, Mark B.
$13.53 (3rd donation), Ivan Bulychev aka “vanyok“
$13.53, Nikos C.
$13.53, Emanuele B.
$13.53, Steffen S. aka “TSS”
$13.53, John T.
$13.53, Adrian P aka “anticupidon”
$13.53, Hans S.
$13.53, Paolo B.
$13.52 (4th donation), Andras Porga aka “GodmaNZ”
$13.52, Gerard V.
$13.51, Rosen T.
$13.51, Peter L.
$12.95 (3rd donation), Helmut T.
$12.95 (2nd donation), Lauri T.
$12.95, Marten J. K.
$11, Kazuyoshi Y.
$10 (9th donation), Kiril Sotirov
$10 (8th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
$10 (7th donation), Ronald Trip
$10 (6th donation), Geschenkideen
$10 (5th donation), SamVimes
$10 (3rd donation), Andrew Simpson
$10 (2nd donation), zetay
$10 (2nd donation), Tom Cordina aka “4Foot”
$10 (2nd donation), Philip E.
$10 (2nd donation), Adam aka “DJ Black Tea”
$10 (2nd donation), Thomas M. aka “Zeppo”
$10 (2nd donation), Mark B.
$10 (2nd donation), Masashi A.
$10 (2nd donation), Marcin W.
$10, Mariusz P.
$10, Christopher R.
$10, Steven W.
$10, Charles R.
$10, Ernest B.
$10, Wilson de Carvalho Jr. aka “24horasonline“
$10, Charles O.
$10, Jonathan K.
$10, Luke R aka “RayZor PC’s”
$10, Frank Martin aka “”kitanis””
$10, Alessandro L. aka “Armido”
$10, Atusushi S.
$10, Felipe H.
$10, Julio A. P. M.
$10, Winston H.
$10, Dean P.
$10, mockturtl
$10, Andrew D.
$10, M7MED ALOTAIBI aka “Snix“
$10, Kiernan H.
$10, Lukáš K.
$10, Steven H.
$10, Thomas W.
$10, Nick K.
$10, Sergey Y.
$10, Morten J.
$10, Jack H.
$10, Julio S. P.
$10, Michael Franzwa
$10, Michael D.
$10, Christopher S.
$10, Birendra M.
$8, Ubawuchi E.
$7 (3rd donation), Antonina K. aka “Tonya”
$6.76 (2nd donation), Sampsa P.
$6.76, Felix B.
$6.76, Matthieu S.
$6.76, David J.
$6.76, Andrew M. aka “droidz”
$6.48 (16th donation), Paco C.C. aka “kannabix”
$6.48 (2nd donation), Jan V. P.
$6.48 (2nd donation), Arnold Bechtoldt aka “arnoldB“
$6.48, Yannick G. aka “Uggy”
$6.48, Dafni K.
$6.48, Mike S.
$6.48, Mickael P.
$6.48, Riccardo V.
$5.41, Petr K.
$5 (8th donation), Michael K.
$5 (7th donation), Miljenko D. aka “ljacmi”
$5 (5th donation), tommy_b
$5 (4th donation), lupinehorror
$5 (4th donation), Johnny Reel aka “Jraz“
$5 (3rd donation), Neb Radojkovic
$5 (3rd donation), Simon Cygielski
$5 (2nd donation), Hrvoje R.
$5 (2nd donation), Performance by Design aka “Autocrosser @ Mint Debian Forums”
$5, Michał P.
$5, Bradley W.
$5, Omar A. D. L. T. A.
$5, Quang L.
$5, Todd J.
$5, Alberto S. N.
$5, David R.
$5, Teri D.
$5, NenadT aka “Joomla Modules“
$5, Bogdan
$5, Robert S.
$5, Gipponi A.
$3.58 (3rd donation), Ron Panduwana
$3.14, Pradini P.
$3, Jose P. C. A. aka “uvas_1”
$3, Reinhold N.
$3, Nikolay A.
$2.98 (3rd donation), Jurek W.
$2.7, Resat A.
$2.59, Alessandro P.
$2 (7th donation), black mold test kits
$2, Azlan A Raof aka “lankapo“
$2, Ryan Cragun aka “rcragun“
$2, Travis H.
$2, jomar (john b.) aka “beta_tester“
$1.35, Tim P.
$1.01, Laurentiu Lozan aka “coroner“
$1 (4th donation), Snoring Solutions
$1 (2nd donation), Chile Holidays
$1 (2nd donation), cleaning granite countertops
$1, Trung B. Pham
$1, Fady R.
$1, Bojan U.
$1, dyxhenry
$1, Srinivasan A. R.
$1, Miguel A. D. G.
$1, Ferdinand Development
$1, cleaning granite countertops
$1, Tayfun ilme aka “PanxeR“
$1, Santiago G. T. aka “melenas1414“
$1, Julie E.
$1, Renato P.
$0.8 (3rd donation), Philip Patrick Butkiewicz aka “bagnz0r“

Sponsors:

$275, R1Soft
$260, AYKsolutions Server & Cloud Hosting
$75, Aging Technogeek aka “Aging Technogeek”
$50, Andreas Landgraf
$26, Windows VPS Hosting
$25, Blayne B.
$20, CEPTOR Datentechnik oHG
$20, David S.
$20, Guillaume V. aka Larlequin
$20, Kristian S.
$20, Roland A.
$20, Scott P.
$15, David Liebert
$14, Investment Blog
$13, Scott S.
$13, Unixmen.com
$12, Thomas S.
$12, Tim W.
$11, Promotional Mouse Mats
$10, Hans A. N.
$10, Advermedia
$10, Andre H.
$10, Angel M. D.
$10, Barry’s Tickets
$10, Dan Jackson
$10, Fromax
$10, JimQ
$10, Jonathan K.
$10, Kim H.
$10, Mattias S. (DynamicMan)
$10, Mugs Promotional
$10, newW2
$10, pastelito-sueco.com
$10, Promotional Gifts
$10, Real Estate Centers
$10, Ronald B.
$10, Shaun Hills
$10, Website Auditor
$10, worldsrealestate.net
$9, Promotional Items
$8, Michael B.
$8, Attila Vecsei
$8, Printed Clothing
$7.5, Architecture
$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, Andreas G.
$5, Anthony Q.
$5, Dimitris Ch.
$5, Don Brubaker
$5, Fandangio
$5, Jeffrey S.
$5, Joe H. aka “JoeFootball”
$5, Kelley J.
$5, Laurent P.
$5, Lee K.
$5, Martin R.
$5, Matthew Y.
$5, Peter K.
$5, Printed Clothing
$5, Printed Mug
$5, Private Jets Charter
$5, Promotional Gifts
$5, Roman P.
$5, Sandra G.
$5, Sohier C.
$5, Steve Burdine aka “Highfructose327“
$5, Thomas Nehrlich
$5, Torstein Sornes aka “todda7”
$5, Turin
$5, Vlad The Impatient
$4, Baby shower favors
$4, Chile travel
$3.42, Sylwia Bialczak
$3, CreationsByRichie – Animated Banners & Graphical Designs
$3, Sebastian Posch
$3, Simon R.
$3, Stephen Aghaulor
$2.5, Vince Marsters
$2.1, Product Reviews Community
$2, Caravan Awnings
$2, Douglas T.
$2, Greg Flynn
$2, Joerg Dreckmann
$2, Manuel V.
$2, SPAC Information and News
$2, Tangled Frog Web Design
$2, VeganQuebec
$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, Alamsyah R.
$1, Bespoke Engagement Rings
$1, Can Stock Photo Inc.
$1, Cyprus Resale
$1, Cyprus Weather
$1, Ethoseo Internet Marketing – Washington
$1, Foto Search Stock Photography
$1, Frank S.
$1, Greg F.
$1, Greg Flynn
$1, GTB-Metaldesign
$1, Hard Drive Reviews
$1, iPad News
$1, Javier Ruiz
$1, John Michael L.
$1, Kevin H.
$1, Online Pokerraum aka “donegon“
$1, Penguenci.com
$1, Poker Fieber
$1, Pokerschule
$1, Property In Greece
$1, Radu-Liviu C.
$1, Rakeback Deals
$1, redfoa
$1, redfoa
$1, Renelou Esperanzate
$1, surfinpeace.co.uk
$1, very-clever.com
$1, Zenworks Servizi Web
$0.95, Annual Percentage Rate Finder
$0.9, www.pPage.net
$0.5, Awesome Link Directory
$0.5, Foobnix – Music Player for Linux, Android, Windows
$0.5, Irina D.

Money raised in October:

* Donations: $6100.32 (237 donors)
* Sponsors: $1423.98 (135 sponsors)

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

Rankings:

Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 2237 (1st)
Alexa (website ranking): 10,664th

Events:

mintCast released 4 podcast episodes: #85, #86, #87, and #88

News and summary:

The death of Robin was the most tragic and important event for many in our community this month. He was very active within Linux Mint and appreciated by a lot of people. I would like to add my personal condolences to all who miss him, his friends and family and the people within my team who were shaken by this tragedy.
Linux Mint 12 was approved for an RC release and should come out in about 2 days. In terms of quality, there are concerns about mint4win and MATE. MGSE and the Gnome 3 desktop passed QA with success.
I would like to thank all the people who answered our call with donations and sponsorships. The support we got this month has been fantastic! The donations are at an all-time high. Some of them were extremely generous, and just to imagine 237 people gathered to help us is something truly unique. Many thanks to all people involved in helping us financially.
Thanks to all the people who help us by other means as well. Their help isn’t always as tangible and not as quantifiable but it’s an important part of our project. We work hard on making a good desktop, but we don’t engage in marketing or promotion. When people spread the word, show Linux Mint to their friends, neighbours and colleagues, when from 1 happy user we get 2, 3, or 4… when this buzz and excitement contributes to make our work known to others, our user base grows and the attention the media is giving us gets bigger. Today, we’re number #1 at Distrowatch. We can congratulate ourselves for getting there, not only our distribution but the project and the community as a whole.
Finally, just a quick note to KDE users. We will switch our focus to giving KDE another release and this process will start this December after Linux Mint 12 is out.