Monthly stats - October 2009

[clem]

Donations & Sponsorships:

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

Donors:

* $461, Einar Orn Eidsson (Iceland)
* $182, Jonas K. (France)
* $117, Gwa Cobbett (United Kingdom) – http://gwa.tumblr.com
* $101, Kevin W. (USA)
* $100, Philip C. Freytag aka “phil” (Canada)
* $100, J.-Yves Lortie aka “amadeus128″ (Canada)
* $100, Charles P Poltrock aka “chuckpo” (USA)
* $92, Dusan P. (Slovenia)
* $75, Uwe T. (Germany)
* $53, Mikael J. (Sweden)
* $51, Suyog B. (Australia)
* $50, John Mason aka “merc68k” (Canada)
* $50, Edward Comer aka “celem” (USA)
* $50, gazza (Australia)
* $50, Campbell M (United Kingdom)
* $50, G. Sheffield (USA)
* $50, Ernest G. (USA)
* $50, Enderle P. (USA)
* $46, Anthony H. aka “anthony2010″ (United Kingdom)
* $46, Richard Cail (United Kingdom)
* $38, Manuel F. (Portugal)
* $38, Antonino T. (Italy)
* $38, Michael Krusch aka “MAD” (Germany)
* $30 (3rd donation), Marco R. (Italy)
* $30 (2nd donation), Jonathan B H. (USA)
* $30, Barrie M R. (Australia)
* $30, Volker Schulz-von der G. (Germany)
* $30, Francisco P. (USA)
* $30, Josef K. (Czech Republic)
* $30, Russ S. (USA)
* $30, Abraham L. (USA) – http://www.eggsinthemorning.com
* $30, Roberto P. (Italy)
* $30, Jan de G. (Netherlands)
* $30, Daniel W. (World) – http://www.downloadstube.net
* $30, Christ L. (Greece)
* $28, Alison R. (United Kingdom)
* $28, Philip Watson aka “Eraph” (United Kingdom) – http://www.rakhama.com
* $28, Nadege Austin aka “nadglobtrotter” (France)
* $28, Ruben Z. (Netherlands)
* $25, Anthony S. (USA)
* $25, Matthew Hancock aka “mwhancock” (USA)
* $25, Martin Colville aka “colvillem” (Australia)
* $25, Daniel B. (USA)
* $25, Sheffoy F. (USA)
* $25, Philip S. (United Kingdom)
* $25, Stephen B. (USA)
* $25, Keith Templeman aka “mansfields1964″ (United Kingdom)
* $25, Michael F. (USA)
* $25, Donald D’A. (USA)
* $25, Rod McLaren aka “Ambertone” (Australia) – http://www.ambertone.com.au
* $23, Cong-Truc T. (France)
* $23, Massimo Campanini aka “campamax” (Italy)
* $20 (2nd donation), Blaine R. (USA)
* $20, Worawit W. (Thailand)
* $20, Michael H. (USA)
* $20, Justin Johansson (Australia)
* $20, Gerald E. (USA)
* $20, Kazuhiko T. (Japan)
* $20, William R. (USA)
* $20, Victor W. (USA)
* $20, Michael Nordmark (Sweden)
* $20, Sammasati Enterprises (USA)
* $20, Tomislav Pintaric (Canada)
* $20, Ricardo Calimanis aka “ricardo.calimanis” (Brazil) – http://goetti.blogspot.com
* $20, Mario Castro (Spain)
* $20, Chris Jones (USA) – http://caringcompy.blogspot.com
* $20, Juan Carlos C. (USA)
* $20, Michael D.-M. (Canada)
* $19, Olivier B. (France)
* $18, Lee Sturman aka “Hammerlee” (United Kingdom)
* $15 (2nd donation), Colin Casey (Canada)
* $15, Dimitris C. (Greece)
* $15, Joachim W. (Germany)
* $15, Russell Aldrich aka “Russman” (USA) – http://www.myspace.com/rockinroll69
* $15, Philip S. (USA)
* $15, Greg Dawes aka “Greg-NZ” (New Zealand)
* $15, Nikos K. (Greece)
* $15, Royden L. (United Kingdom)
* $15, Jason S. (Canada)
* $15, Allen B. (USA)
* $15, Mark C. aka “geekman” (USA)
* $15, Paul E. (United Kingdom)
* $14, Francisco C. C. (Spain)
* $14, Charl P. (Netherlands)
* $14, Nico W. (Austria)
* $14, Justin Braime (United Kingdom)
* $12, Pavel Gelnar aka “wil-m” (Czech Republic) – http://www.brblal.net
* $10 (2nd donation), Richard G. (USA)
* $10, Shiva L. (India)
* $10, Clocktower Arts Monthly (USA)
* $10, Technadicts (USA)
* $10, Damon Catling (Australia)
* $10, Raimond L. (Lithuania)
* $10, Tom Cordina aka “4Foot” (Canada)
* $10, Suleyman B. (Turkey)
* $10, Andrzej W. (USA)
* $10, Senad S. (USA)
* $10, Sedat C. (Turkey)
* $10, Anthony G. (USA)
* $10, Jeff Walker (USA)
* $10, Christopher De R. (USA)
* $10, http://billstoolstore.co.uk (United Kingdom)
* $10, jmkent aka “Burton” (USA)
* $10, Ed W. (USA)
* $10, Paul Thomas aka “liassic” (United Kingdom) – http://www.south-wales.org
* $10, Ernest L. (USA)
* $10, Anders B. (Norway)
* $10, Travis T. (USA)
* $10, Gavin F. (United Kingdom)
* $10, MartinF aka “badwolf9″ (Switzerland)
* $10, Kevin B. (Canada)
* $10, 室津 恵三 (Japan)
* $10, Daniel C J. (United Kingdom)
* $10, Priyantha T. (Norway)
* $8, Dino G. (Italy)
* $8, Lazaros S. (Greece)
* $8, Kai P. (Germany)
* $7, Dave G. (USA)
* $7, Lukas M. (Czech Republic)
* $7, Robert M. (United Kingdom)
* $7, Kostas P. (Greece)
* $5, Thomas C. (USA)
* $5, Donna Fontenot aka “DonnaFontenot – DazzlinDonna” (USA) – http://www.dazzlindonna.com
* $5, Michael K. (USA)
* $5, Aaron R. (USA)
* $5, Jim H. (United Kingdom)
* $5, George238 (Portugal)
* $5, Chuck W. (USA)
* $5, Jens Stenneken (Germany) – http://www.stenneken.de
* $5, Freddy W. (USA)
* $5, Richard K. (USA)
* $5, Todd J. (USA)
* $5, Salvatore D. (Italy)
* $5, tvardy (Poland)
* $5, Enrico Galli (Italy) – http://www.egw.it
* $5, Matthew L. (USA)
* $4, Patrik R. (Sweden)
* $4, Kyle H. (USA)
* $4, Romel S. (USA)
* $3, Danny J. (United Kingdom)
* $3, Diego C. (Italy)
* $3, Remy van Elst (Netherlands) – http://relst.nl/
* $2, Adam S. (USA)
* $1, Rain Clark aka “Melon Bread” (USA) – http://otaku-unlimited.net/Forums/index.php
* $1, Fredrik G. (Sweden)
* $0.02, Samuel L. M. (Chile)

Sponsors:

* $75, John Ritchie aka “Aging Technogeek” (USA)
* $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) – http://www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com/
* $40, Az Van aka “newW2″ (USA)
* $20, Scott P. (USA)
* $20, TOPIMMOBILIEN aka “Tim” - http://www.immobilien-es.com/
* $15, Linux in the HAM Shack aka “HamShackLinux” (USA) – http://blacksparrowmedia.com/lhs
* $11, cheap vps hosting – http://www.neosurge.com/
* $10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) aka “Tim” – http://www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de/
* $10, Todd W.
* $10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) – http://stitzcomputers.com/
* $10, Brandon P.
* $10, Gustav Holm aka “Gustav” (Sweden) – http://gustavholm.com/
* $7, Jesse Burroughs aka “JpBя” (USA)
* $7, Panagiotis Papasaikas (Greece) – http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ppapasai/
* $7, Unixmen – http://www.unixmen.com/
* $5, Christopher D.
* $5, Linuxmint-FR.org (France) – http://www.linuxmint-fr.org
* $5, Sohier C.
* $5, Contact lenses (Ireland) – http://www.eye-care-4u.com
* $5, Stuart C.
* $5, DLX Company (USA) – http://www.dlxcompany.com/
* $4, Ian E. aka “EchoLynx ” (USA)
* $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
* $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – http://www.nvisn.com/
* $2, funkelectric (Spain) – http://www.funkelectric.com/
* $2, Scott M.
* $1, Prasad.S.R (India) – http://saysprasad.wordpress.com/
* $1, Cyprus Property (Cyprus) – http://www.leptosestates.com/
* $1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) – http://www.cyprusresaleproperties.com
* $1, Surf in Peace (United Kingdom) – http://www.surfinpeace.co.uk/
* $1, Busybits aka “Submit Website” – http://www.busybits.com/
* $1, Expert Bookings (Romania) – http://www.expert-bookings.com/
* $1, very-clever.com – http://www.very-clever.com/
* $1, LinBoo.com – http://linboo.com/linux/mint.html
* $1, Erin G.
* $0.9, Michael K.
* $0.5, Nottingham web design (United Kingdom) – http://www.drawmyattention.co.uk/
* $0.5, Dedicated Servers Hosting – http://www.dedicatedservershostingdeals.com
* $0, Martijn van Loon aka “aapiethaaap” (Netherlands)

Money raised in August:

* Donations: $3828.02 (147 donors)
* Sponsors: $349.9 (39 sponsors)

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

User Stats:

Repartition of Linux Mint users across releases:

* Linux Mint 7 Gloria: 81% (+3%)
* Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 11% (-3%)
* Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 5% (-1%)
* Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 3% (-0%)

Web Stats:

* Visits: 2,150,333 (+8%)
* Pageviews: 3,655,481 (+7%)
* Page impressions: 1,414,004
* Search queries: 4,817,791
* Forum users: 22,485
* Forum posts: 193,513

Rankings:

* Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1328 (3rd)
* Distrowatch (traffic share): 3.9% (2nd)
* Alexa (website ranking): 25,039th

Events:

* No releases this month.
* The LXDE and Fluxbox editions of Linux Mint 7 were cancelled.
* Clem is now working full time for the distribution.
* mintCast released 2 episodes of their podcast: http://mintcast.org/

Summary:

* October 2009 was the (8th consecutive) best month ever since the creation of Linux Mint.
* The overall income is up 8%.
* Our user base is the second largest in the desktop Linux market.
* The community support has never been so big. 147 people gathered to send us more than $3,800! We also got a single donation of $461 from Einar Orn Eidsson (Iceland). This has never been so high.
* In terms of events this was a very quiet month. We’ve been working hard on the new upcoming release though and there will be plenty of reasons for people to get excited about Linux Mint 8. November will be eventful and I hope this will please the community, especially after seeing how much it’s been supporting our project. Many thanks to all the donors and sponsors behing Linux Mint and congratulations to them, to us and to this project for another fantastic month.

[yahtzeek9]

* Clem is now working full time for the distribution.

Congratulations on taking the dive and working for the distro.

[Husse]

Typo above - the XFCE edition was not cancelled, but he Fluxbox one was

[clem]

Thanks Mats,

Clem.