Monthly News – June 2013

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

Platinum Sponsors:
Blue Systems - Netrunner
Gold Sponsors:
Opera
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Silver Sponsors:
Idera (formerly R1Soft)
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  • Windows VPS Hosting
  • Kamal G
  • Mark Cohen
  • +++ PDF Reader for Android +++
  • Caturix
  • cialis
  • Craig
  • D M Hamilton
  • David Salvo
  • deep64blue
  • Jerrick Davis
  • John Bayles Pianos
  • Kristian S.
  • Magician Matthew James
  • Mahen
  • Out of Hours IT Help Ltd
  • Sascha Reinsch
  • SEER Interactive
  • The Survival Monkey
  • Ultimate Gadget Laboratories Kft.
  • Unixmen- Linux News & Howtos

To become a sponsor or to see the full list of Linux Mint sponsors, please visit: http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

Donations:

A total of $6349 was raised thanks to the generous contributions of 265 donors:

  • $300, Tux Kickstarter
  • $150 (2nd donation), Pavel G.
  • $126.48 (4th donation), Goran A.
  • $126.48 (2nd donation), Alexander S. aka “Lex”
  • $126.48, Emmanuel M.
  • $126.48, Kh M.
  • $100 (3rd donation), Matthew P.
  • $100, Nick E.
  • $100, Kory W.
  • $100, Robert M.
  • $100, Michael Kay VK5ACX
  • $100, Tuan Nguyen aka “Linux Secrets“
  • $100, Kirk True
  • $75.89, Daniel J.
  • $63.24 (3rd donation), Ernie H.
  • $63.24, Lutz K.
  • $63.24, Ac K.
  • $63.24, Ute B.
  • $63.24, Carlos M. S.
  • $63.24, Alec B.
  • $50 (39th donation), Matthew M.
  • $50 (38th donation), Matthew M.
  • $50 (5th donation), Scott S.
  • $50 (4th donation), G. Sheffield
  • $50 (3rd donation), Ernest M.
  • $50 (2nd donation), Christopher A.
  • $50 (2nd donation), Anthony L.
  • $50, Colin F.
  • $50, Edward K.
  • $50, Greg M.
  • $50, osobral – Alexandre aka “osobral”
  • $50, Pavel G.
  • $50, martywd
  • $50, Michael W.
  • $50, Zerksis U.
  • $50, Juan R. A.
  • $40 (11th donation), bdantas
  • $40 (10th donation), Philippe W.
  • $40 (2nd donation), Eric S.
  • $40, Emil K.
  • $37.94 (40th donation), Olli K.
  • $37.94 (13th donation), Pasi K.
  • $37.94 (4th donation), Mark Coumans aka “omtefotograferen“
  • $37.94, David N.
  • $37.94, SplinterByte
  • $37.94, Timothy W.
  • $37.94, pInBaLL
  • $37.94, Gauthier B.
  • $34 (10th donation), Wolfgang P.
  • $32, David K.
  • $31.62 (5th donation), J J. V. K.
  • $31.62, Jan S.
  • $31.62, Martin K.
  • $30 (3rd donation), Tom T.
  • $30, Antoine M.
  • $30, Marek P.
  • $25.3 (8th donation), Brian G.
  • $25.3 (3rd donation), Match Learner.com – Math for kids
  • $25.3 (3rd donation), Reiner K.
  • $25.3 (2nd donation), Dr. R. M.
  • $25.3, Emmanuel C.
  • $25.3, Yan S.
  • $25.3, John B.
  • $25.3, Zoltán K. aka “Semper”
  • $25.3, Martin W.
  • $25.3, Tumor130
  • $25.3, Michele B.
  • $25.3, Andrew V.
  • $25.3, Christophe L.
  • $25 (45th donation), Slavoljub aka “slw”
  • $25 (21st donation), Ronald W.
  • $25 (4th donation), Randy T.
  • $25 (2nd donation), Robert E. S.
  • $25 (2nd donation), Richard W.
  • $25 (2nd donation), David D.
  • $25, Scott K. aka “MintMan”
  • $25, Mark A.
  • $25, Jeffrey W.
  • $25, Kuberan N.
  • $25, Arthur B.
  • $25, Ray S.
  • $25, Carroll K.
  • $25, Diego G.
  • $25, Jeffrey Q.
  • $25, Unlock codes from Green Republic Ltd
  • $25, John A.
  • $24, R S.
  • $20 (9th donation), Vance R. aka “helmsdeeper”
  • $20 (7th donation), Zoe Q.
  • $20 (4th donation), Maarten E.
  • $20 (4th donation), Utah B.
  • $20 (3rd donation), John H.
  • $20 (3rd donation), Antony P.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Christopher H.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Fernando P. P.
  • $20 (2nd donation), Widar H.
  • $20, Vincent E.
  • $20, Bertil H.
  • $20, Antonio M.
  • $20, Theo M.
  • $20, Al H.
  • $20, Robert N.
  • $20, Kevin S.
  • $20, David H.
  • $20, Distro-Don
  • $20, Adriano P. M. aka “@adriano54321“
  • $20, Ahmet S. Y.
  • $20, Jason K.
  • $20, Andre J.
  • $20, William T.
  • $20, Maria Ö.
  • $20, Markus S.
  • $20, Paul G.
  • $20, Flytrap Ranch
  • $20, James T.
  • $20, Roman M.
  • $20, Patrick C.
  • $18.97 (3rd donation), John Scott aka “‘Whitefort’”
  • $18.97 (2nd donation), Olivier R.
  • $18.97 (2nd donation), Alfons B.
  • $18.97, Régis H.
  • $18.97, Omar C.
  • $18.97, Juan V. A.
  • $18.97, Jimmy A.
  • $15 (27th donation), John A.
  • $15 (6th donation), Henry Dubb aka “Henry“
  • $15 (5th donation), Robert E.
  • $15 (4th donation), Robert E.
  • $15 (2nd donation), Edward H.
  • $15, Robert E.
  • $15, Alex G.
  • $15, K O.
  • $15, Ryan S.
  • $13.91, Mikko H.
  • $12.65 (3rd donation), Rene S.
  • $12.65 (2nd donation), Graham D.
  • $12.65 (2nd donation), Matthew J.
  • $12.65, Karl T.
  • $12.65, Daniel Sz. aka “SiarraD”
  • $12.65, Salvador C. M. O.
  • $12.65, Marcelo B.
  • $12.65, Arno W.
  • $12.65, Jerome F.
  • $12.65, Francesco E.
  • $12.65, Andrew C.
  • $12.65, Georg K.
  • $12.65, Imanol G. D. B.
  • $12.65, Sandro C.
  • $12.65, Thomas S.
  • $12.65, Marius G.
  • $12.65, Edward F.
  • $12.65, Ivan A.
  • $12.5 (2nd donation), Roger B.
  • $11.38 (3rd donation), David Vantongerloo
  • $11.38, Sebastien L.
  • $10.75, Alexanrda H.
  • $10 (28th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”
  • $10 (9th donation), Charlie Robinson
  • $10 (4th donation), Charles P.
  • $10 (4th donation), Danie van der Merwe aka “Danie“
  • $10 (3rd donation), Gerald G.
  • $10 (3rd donation), Louis A.
  • $10 (3rd donation), Paul W.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Glauber M. Gallego aka “ggallego”
  • $10 (2nd donation), Louis A.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Alexey Solomatin
  • $10 (2nd donation), Bernard H.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Liborio Y.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Stuart K.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Gabriel C.
  • $10 (2nd donation), Vladimir Svrkota
  • $10 (2nd donation), Intars Students aka “mobix“
  • $10 (2nd donation), Roofing Lansing MI
  • $10 (2nd donation), Richard S.
  • $10, Sparr E. L.
  • $10, Barry B.
  • $10, Probit S.
  • $10, Richard W.
  • $10, Robert P.
  • $10, Shary aka “Phone Locato“
  • $10, Andrew M.
  • $10, Lamont C.
  • $10, Feroz E.
  • $10, Al H.
  • $10, Matthew M.
  • $10, Fabian K.
  • $10, Jaideep A.
  • $10, Francisco J. G. M.
  • $10, Anthony T.
  • $10, Douglas C.
  • $10, James D. aka “Spearmint2”
  • $10, Dohar Silalahi
  • $10, Lee Z.
  • $10, Hubert Banas
  • $10, Danie Bosman
  • $10, SIAPC
  • $10, Laptops under 200
  • $10, Martin Y.
  • $10, Hacker Stickers aka “Unix & Geek Stickers“
  • $10, Jai Dhyani
  • $10, Erwin Soo
  • $10, Andrea P.
  • $10, Cao Liang
  • $10, Souichirou Ishikawa
  • $10, Steve G. aka “The Betpet”
  • $10, Rodrigo A. B.
  • $10, Byron B. V.
  • $10, Diego S. aka “nerde”
  • $10, Chris K.
  • $8.85, Helmut S.
  • $8.54 (4th donation), David Vantongerloo
  • $7.51 (5th donation), Albert J. P.
  • $6.95 (2nd donation), Randolph K.
  • $6.32 (5th donation), Kjell O. B. aka “kob”
  • $6.32 (2nd donation), Cristiano A. aka “Tuxlandia“
  • $6.32 (2nd donation), Adrian P aka “anticupidon”
  • $6.32, Jari F.
  • $6.32, excollier
  • $6.32, Jose F.
  • $6.32, David C.
  • $6.32, Jorge P. C.
  • $6.32, Metin G.
  • $6.32, G.P. aka “sofokles5”
  • $6.32, Harry P.
  • $6.32, Benoit V.
  • $6.32, Michał B.
  • $6.32, Heiko M.
  • $6 (2nd donation), Andy Chung
  • $5 (17th donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
  • $5 (16th donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
  • $5 (15th donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
  • $5 (14th donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
  • $5 (13th donation), Antonio M. M. aka “zantaz“
  • $5 (10th donation), SM
  • $5 (5th donation), Jose M. D. A.
  • $5 (5th donation), Roman Nikolaevitch aka “rv82”
  • $5 (3rd donation), L M. aka “LinuxMint”
  • $5 (3rd donation), Todd M.
  • $5 (3rd donation), James Selvakumar
  • $5 (3rd donation), Wei-ju Wu
  • $5 (2nd donation), Kinyua W.
  • $5 (2nd donation), Andreas L.
  • $5 (2nd donation), Jose A. Ruiz
  • $5 (2nd donation), wb
  • $5, Lloyd J.
  • $5, Никифоров Д.
  • $5, Tihomir S.
  • $5, Keith Lai aka “FitMole“
  • $5, Fikri F.
  • $4.5, Лялин В.
  • $3 (4th donation), Vadim B.
  • $3, Predrag R.
  • $2.53 (3rd donation), Ghiunhan Mamut aka “V3n3RiX“
  • $2.53, Aeg
  • $2.53, Illuminato L. C.
  • $11.6 from 10 smaller donations

If you want to help Linux Mint with a donation, please visit http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php

Events:

  • A preview of the upcoming MintBox2 was published
  • Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” Xfce RC was released
  • Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” KDE RC was released
  • The codename for Linux Mint 16 “Petra” was announced
  • The development team posted 6 articles on Segfault
  • mintCast produced 6 podcast episodes