Linux Mint Newsletter Issue 37
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Contents |
Introduction
Welcome to the Linux Mint Newsletter. Here is what happened last week.
News
Linux Mint
- The KDE CE Daryna final edition has been released [1]
- As you can see on the main page of the wiki it now has a KDE section
- Development of Mint 5 (Elyssa) KDE edition has started [2]
- We are giving the KDE version greater emphasis
Linux and other Distributions
IT & Open Source
Statistics
Figures
| Category | Item | Last figure | Current figure | Progress or percentage of last figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Queries Last 7 days | Start Page | 47985 | 52433 | +9% |
| Firefox Search Plugin | 130609 | 144487 | +11% | |
| Website Search | 1261 | 1372 | +9% | |
| Web Last 7 Days | Website | 231907 | 338176 | +46% |
| Forum | 43797 | 48333 | +10% | |
| Blog | 5290 | 3577 | -32% | |
| Wiki | 4950 | 5952 | +20% | |
| Planet | 1526 | 1516 | -1% | |
| Distrowatch | Awstats | 101609 (2.02%) (5th) (Linux=38.8%) | 463813 (2.05%) (5th) (Linux=36.4%) | +1% (Linux=-6%) |
| PHR | 1254 (5th) | 1286 (5th) | +3% | |
| PHR 7day-Span | 1361 (5th) | 2079 (2nd) | +53% | |
| Forum | Posts per day | 118.76 | 119.76 | +1% |
| Topics per day | 19.26 | 19.49 | +1% | |
| Users per day | 12.55 | 12.66 | +1% | |
| Donations | Last month's donations | N/A | 636 | -38% |
| This month's donation so far (percentage of last month's total) | N/A | 27% | N/A | |
| Sponsors | Last month's sponsoring | N/A | 161 | -7% |
| This month's sponsoring so far (percentage of last month's total) | N/A | 34% | N/A |
We do not know the total number of downloads.
Analysis
- People are still adopting the new Firefox search plugin (+11%).
- The release of the KDE edition generated a lot of interest and the user base seems to grow again.
Other info
Editor's comments
It's not easy to keep track of the rapid development in the computer world.
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