Linux Mint Newsletter Issue 39
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Contents |
Introduction
Welcome to the Linux Mint Newsletter. Here is what happened last week.
News
Linux Mint
- A calm week for Linux Mint
- We do have IRC. Clem states in a blog post [1] that the IRC no longer is dedicated to support - that's better taken care of in the forum. Well - husse is almost never active on the IRC, so that's true....
- Upstream improvements will make Mint 5, Elyssa, better [2]
Linux and other Distributions
- Fujitsu Siemens lifebook are Novell YES certified [3] and Lenovo Thinkpad also to have SUSE Linux
- HP also starts selling SUSE computers [4]
- Obviously Novell (= SUSE) is seen as a better alternative for the enterprise market.
IT & Open Source
- PlayOnLinux makes gaming easier [5]
- Rfid circuits (used in public transit proof-of-payment systems and the like) have been hacked [6]
- This year sees another hacking competition - Windows - Mac - Linux [7]
- The British High Court grants software patent [8]
- Not at all Linux but Vista SP1 cannot be used on some popular chipsets like Intel 945 [9]
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.
If you feel something is left out in the newsletter send a PM to husse in the forum and it may be included in the next edition
