Linux Mint Newsletter Issue 35
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Contents |
Introduction
Welcome to the Linux Mint Newsletter. Here is what happened last week.
News
Linux Mint
- Linux Mint promises more focus and efforts on its KDE edition [1]
- The team explains why people should keep the new Firefox Google plugin and how to revert to the default one if they decide to [2]
- Clem explains the difference between a Community Edition and a derivative distribution [3]
- 4 mint tools (mintInstall, mintUpdate, mintDesktop and mintBackup) are ready to be included in Linux Mint 5 Elyssa [4]
- mintMenu 3.2 is being developed and should be released this week. The roadmap for Linux Mint 5 Elyssa is available here: [5]
- The Vietnam BSD/Linux Mirror is now mirroring Linux Mint.
Linux and other Distributions
- Ubuntu 8.10 will be named "Intrepid Ibex" [6]
- Mark Shuttleworth says focus will be on wireless
IT & Open Source
- Microsoft to publish documents about Windows protocols and APIs [7]
- "Whistleblower" site censored [8] [9]
Statistics
Figures
| Category | Item | Last figure | Current figure | Progress or percentage of last figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Search Queries Last 7 days | Start Page | 48943 | 49862 | +2% |
| Firefox Search Plugin | 66738 | 115429 | +73% | |
| Website Search | 1302 | 1214 | -7% | |
| Web Last 7 Days | Website | 236601 | 236882 | 0% |
| Forum | 43840 | 44656 | +2% | |
| Blog | 4643 | 3445 | -26% | |
| Wiki | 4566 | 5143 | +13% | |
| Planet | 1709 | 1835 | +7% | |
| Distrowatch | Awstats | 910692 (1.91%) (5th) (Linux=35.8%) | 1085463 (1.91%) (5th) (Linux=35.9%) | 0% |
| PHR | 1221 (5th) | 1235 (5th) | +1% | |
| PHR 7day-Span | 1378 (5th) | 1413 (4th) | +3% | |
| Forum | Posts per day | 125.45 (58071 posts) | 126.09 (58881 posts) | 0% |
| Topics per day | 20.06 (9285 topics) | 20.14 (9405 topics) | 0% | |
| Users per day | 12.40 (5740 users) | 12.45 (5813 users) | 0% | |
| Donations | Last month's donations | N/A | 1036 | -8% |
| This month's donation so far (percentage of last month's total) | N/A | 56% | N/A | |
| Sponsors | Last month's sponsoring | N/A | 174 | -18% |
| This month's sponsoring so far (percentage of last month's total) | N/A | 43% | N/A |
Analysis
- More and more people are adopting the new Firefox search plugin, the 75% shows just that.
- Positive news:
- The user base seems to be slowly growing (between 1 and 2%)
- The adoption of the Firefox plugin generates more income for the distribtion.
- Negative news:
- Donations and sponsoring are low this month and no donations were made last week.
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
