Donations & Sponsorships:
Many thanks to the following donors and sponsors for financially supporting Linux Mint:
Donors:
- $600 (3rd donation), Philippe Lotz aka “alsaphil” (France)
- $150 (2nd donation), Alan D S. (USA)
- $100, Carl – Y. B. (Sweden)
- $100, Phillip N. (USA)
- $100, Marcos Scriven (United Kingdom) – [www.aboxo.com]
- $75, John Di Stefano (Canada)
- $50 (3rd donation), Gordon Hilliard aka “ghilly” (United Kingdom)
- $50, Serge-Etienne Parent (Canada)
- $50, Rev. Bernard Quinn aka “Chiff” (Australia)
- $50, Tim L. (USA)
- $50, Hawkeye_52 (USA)
- $50, Peter S. (Australia)
- $50, Wayne W. (Canada)
- $45, Jason A. (United Kingdom)
- $45, Pau Carre Cardona (Spain)
- $44, Oerpen T. (Germany)
- $41, Ronnie Rosenqvist aka “DrRP” (Sweden)
- $40, Mary M. (USA)
- $39, Jean-Paul Genette (Belgium)
- $37, Manuel F. (Portugal)
- $30, Marvin W. (USA)
- $30, Daniel W. (World) – [www.downloadstube.net]
- $28, Dewi P. (World)
- $28, Soulakellis K. (Greece)
- $28, Frantisek Sofka aka “peso00 ” (Czech Republic)
- $28, Francisco C. C. (Spain)
- $28, Christoph H. (Germany)
- $28, Joakim R. (Finland)
- $26, Haynes J. aka “Wi11i@m” (USA)
- $25, Norman Skiba aka “GrayWizardLinux” (USA) – [www.k-9training.us]
- $25, Douglas A. (USA)
- $25, Jan Z. (Sweden)
- $25, Mark B. (Australia)
- $25, Rich Hladky (USA)
- $25, M H R. (Australia)
- $25, Jay Stewart aka “jag1182″ (USA)
- $25, Denys F. (Canada)
- $25, Ronald T. (USA)
- $22, Steven Rattray (United Kingdom)
- $20, Ricardo Calimanis aka “linux.nyx” (Brazil) – [goetti.blogspot.com]
- $20, Mark C. aka “geekman” (USA)
- $20, Jay Butcher (USA)
- $20, Chris Kemp-Jackson (Canada)
- $20, Andrew A. (USA)
- $20, William R. (USA)
- $20, Dalibor Saula (Australia)
- $20, Jens B. (USA)
- $20, Finn-Erik H. (Norway)
- $20, Tim C. (United Kingdom)
- $15, Nigel Dyer aka “NigelDyer56″ (United Kingdom)
- $15, Jim H. (United Kingdom)
- $15, Russ W. (World)
- $14, Stephen M. (Ireland)
- $14, Lasse H. (Finland)
- $14, Marek Polasek (Czech Republic)
- $14, Mikkel M. (Denmark)
- $14, Lee Sturman aka “Hammerlee” (United Kingdom)
- $14, Holger F. (Germany)
- $14, Enrique O. (Spain)
- $14, MJH van der W. (Netherlands)
- $11, Nick Koumaris (Greece) – [www.lightrap.net]
- $10 (2nd donation), Douglas S. (USA)
- $10, Scott M. (USA)
- $10, 室津 恵三 (Japan)
- $10, William S. (World)
- $10, John C. (USA)
- $10, Troy C. (USA)
- $10, Michael N. (Sweden)
- $10, Zoran (USA)
- $10, Serguei S. (Russia)
- $10, Adnan C. (Germany)
- $10, James G. (USA)
- $10, Kevin C. (USA)
- $10, Grzegorz G. (Poland)
- $10, Leonardo S. (USA)
- $10, Garrett H. (USA)
- $10, Christopher B. (United Kingdom)
- $10, Ryan J. (USA)
- $10, Raphael C. (USA)
- $10, Matt E. (USA)
- $10, Karthikanand K. (United Kingdom)
- $7, Florian G. (Germany)
- $7, Evzen H. (United Kingdom)
- $7, Isabel F. (Portugal)
- $7, Motta L. (Italy)
- $7, Ralf S. (Germany)
- $6, Loonie Bazaar (Canada) – [www.looniebazaar.com]
- $5, Havary Camara aka “justflea” (Brazil)
- $5, Kris Occhipinti (USA) – [www.bashscripts.info]
- $5, Stephen B. (USA)
- $5, Daifallah A. (Saudi Arabia)
- $5, Khuong D. N. (United Kingdom)
- $5, Tobias H. aka “bisato” (Germany)
- $5, Mateus H. (Brazil)
- $5, Eaves L. (USA)
- $5, Enrico Galli (Italy) – [www.egw.it]
- $5, Lubos Rendek (World) – [www.linuxconfig.org]
- $5, Marcus H. (USA)
- $5, Michael K. (USA)
- $5, Slavoljub M. (Norway)
- $3, Nils K. (Germany)
- $3, Mohd Z. (Malaysia)
- $2, Lubomir J. (Czech Republic)
- $1, Jaime M. (World)
- $1, B F (Suriname)
Sponsors:
- $105, R1Soft – [www.r1soft.com]
- $75, John Ritchie (Aging Technogeek – USA)
- $45, Linux Compatible Poker (USA) - http://www.linuxcompatiblepoker.com
- $40, Az Van (newW2 – USA)
- $25, American Broadband Family of Companies (USA) – http://www.americanbroadbandservice.com
- $20, TOPIMMOBILIEN (Tim – Germany) - http://www.immobilien-es.com
- $20, Scott P. (USA)
- $15, Russ W.
- $11, cheap vps hosting – http://www.neosurge.com
- $10, Stitz Computers, LLC (USA) – http://stitzcomputers.com
- $10, Rechtsberatung, Steuerberatung, Internetrecht (Tim) – http://www.rechtsundsteuerberatung.de
- $10 Gustav Holm (Sweden) – http://gustavholm.com
- $10, Brandon P.
- $7, Unixmen – [www.unixmen.com]
- $7, Panagiotis Papasaikas (Greece) - [www.andrew.cmu.edu]
- $7, Jesse Burroughs (JpBя – USA)
- $5, linuxmint-fr.org (ludal – France) - http://www.linuxmint-fr.org
- $5, linuxmint-italia.org (Pietro Martino / prior123 – Italy) - http://www.linuxmint-italia.org
- $5, Sohier C.
- $5, Christopher D.
- $5, DLX Company (USA) – [www.dlxcompany.com]
- $5, Stuart C.
- $5, Paul S.
- $3.5, Ian Egland (Echolynx – USA)
- $2, Joerg Dreckmann (Germany)
- $2, Funkelectric (Spain) – [www.funkelectric.com]
- $2, NVISN TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTING (USA) – [www.nvisn.com]
- $2, Ryan Lewon (vt102) – [vt102.com]
- $2, Scott M.
- $1.5, Farbyte (UK) – [farbyte.com]
- $1, very-clever.com - http://www.very-clever.com
- $1, Busybits - http://www.busybits.com
- $1, linboo.com - http://www.linboo.com
- $1, Expert Bookings - http://www.expert-bookings.com
- $1, Cyprus Property (Cyprus) – [www.leptosestates.com]
- $1, Недвижимость на Кипре (Cyprus) – [www.leptos-estates.ru]
- $1, Cyprus Resale (Cyprus) – [www.cyprusresaleproperties.com]
- $1, Prasad S.R. (India) – [saysprasad.wordpress.com]
- $1, Surf in Peace (UK) – [www.surfinpeace.co.uk]
- $1 Jakub Jasiulewicz (Poland) – http://jasiulewicz.pl
- $1, Erin G.
- $1, Greg Flynn (South Africa)
- $1, Liquidvps.net – http://www.liquidvps.net
- $0.9, Michael K.
- $0.5, Martijn van Loon (aapiethaaap – Netherlands)
- $0.5, Nottingham web design (UK) – [www.drawmyattention.co.uk]
Money raised in August:
* Donations: $2951 (105 donors)
* Sponsors: $481.9 (46 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: 78% (+3%)
- Linux Mint 6 Felicia: 14% (-1%)
- Linux Mint 5 Elyssa LTS: 6% (-1%)
- Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna: 3% (-0%)
Web Stats:
- Visits: 1,981,352 (+6%)
- Pageviews: 3,409,953 (+2%)
- Page impressions: 1,363,287
- Search queries: 4,423,092
- Forum users: 21,397
- Forum posts: 184,959
Rankings:
- Distrowatch (popularity ranking): 1304 (3rd)
- Distrowatch (traffic share): 4.1% (2nd)
- Alexa (website ranking): 27,745th
Events:
- Linux Mint 7 Gloria XFCE was released: [www.linuxmint.com]
- mintCast released 2 episodes of their podcast: [mintcast.org]
Summary:
- September 2009 was the (7th consecutive) best month ever since the creation of Linux Mint.
- The overall income is up 10%.
- Our user base is the second largest in the desktop Linux market.
- The community support is outstanding: 105 people donated last month for a total of $2951 and our sponsors raised $481.9.