Linux Mint Newsletter Issue 38
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Contents |
Introduction
Welcome to the Linux Mint Newsletter. Here is what happened last week.
News
Linux Mint
- Gnome 2.22 has arrived. To be included in Elyssa, Mint 5 [1]
- Firefox 3 is to be included in Elyssa, Mint 5. It's to be less of a resource hog and faster [2] [3]
- mintInstall will be improved in Elyssa, but even more in version 6 (yet unnamed) [4]
Linux and other Distributions
IT & Open Source
- Walmart to sell Linux computers only online, no more in shops [7]
- The EU Commission elects DVB-H for television in cell phones [8]
Statistics
Figures
| Category | Item | Last figure | Current figure | Progress or percentage of last figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Queries Last 7 days | Start Page | 52433 | 52071 | +-0% |
| Firefox Search Plugin | 144487 | 147915 | +2% | |
| Website Search | 1372 | 1305 | -5% | |
| Web Last 7 Days | Website | 338176 | 267297 | -21% |
| Forum | 48333 | 43913 | -9% | |
| Blog | 3577 | 3546 | -1% | |
| Wiki | 5952 | 5012 | -16% | |
| Planet | 1516 | 1541 | +2% | |
| Distrowatch | Awstats | 463813 (2.05%) (5th) (Linux=36.4%) | 2.05% (5th) (Linux=36.2%) | 0% (Linux=-1%) |
| PHR | 1286 (5th) | 1321 (4th) | +3% | |
| PHR 7day-Span | 2079 (2nd) | 1578 (2nd) | -24% | |
| Forum | Posts per day | 119.76 | 120.61 | +1% |
| Topics per day | 19.49 | 19.68 | +1% | |
| Users per day | 12.66 | 12.77 | +1% | |
| Donations | Last month's donations | N/A | 636 | -38% |
| This month's donation so far (percentage of last month's total) | N/A | % | 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 | % | N/A |
We do not know the total number of downloads.
Analysis
Other info
Editor's comments
It's not easy to keep track of the rapid development in the computer world.
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