Linux Mint Newsletter Issue 41
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Contents |
Introduction
Welcome to the Linux Mint Newsletter. Here is what happened last week.
News
Linux Mint
- The Linux Mark Institute (LMI) has approved Linux Mint for sublicensing. LMI is the exclusive licensor of the Linux trademark on behalf of its owner, Linus Torvalds. [1]
- mintArt is reorganized and a new forum [2] and a new wiki Mint_Art are organized. This is so new that they may not have content yet. The old mintArt wiki can be accessed at the bottom of the content page for the howto section HOWTOs
Linux and other Distributions
- CNR adds access to Web software applications [3]
- 9000 schools in Switzerland changes to Ubuntu [4]
- Linux driver project a status report [5]
- Mandriva has released a new version [6]
IT & Open Source
- Yahoo has responded to Steve Ballmers open letter [7]
- Several other large companies (AOL, News Corporation) gets involved in the "battle" for Yahoo
- According to "IDC" spending on Linux could top 49 billion US$ in 2011 [8]
- Adobe releases a "Media player" [9]
- Internet crime in 2007 increased drasticly [10]
- Computer viruses hit one million [11]
- Microsoft gets a new Open source chief [12]
- Cisco to embrace Linux [13]
- Vista SP1 won't install on dual boot systems [14]
Statistics
Statistics not updated at the time of publishing, will be soon
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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