Spring is coming and so is “Betsy”. QA testing for the new version of LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) is starting today. If you want to follow our progress on this please visit http://community.linuxmint.com/iso and https://github.com/linuxmint/Roadmap.

Thanks to our partner eUKhost we’re doubling the capacity and performance of one of our main servers. Many Linux Mint services are involved but we’ll migrate them one by one and we don’t expect any downtime. Note that the package repositories are not affected by this upgrade.

A preview of some of the new features developed for Cinnamon was published on Segfault. Among other things, Cinnamon 2.6 will introduce search providers and support for multiple panels.

Multiple panels in Cinnamon 2.6

Multiple panels give users more flexibility and they will be useful for users with more than one monitor.

Search providers will be a core part of Cinnamon. Applets, desklets and the Cinnamon desktop itself will be able to query them to retrieve search results. This will allow us but also applet developers to make it easy for you to search for a variety of things (a movie on IMDB, one of your emails, a Firefox bookmark, a page you recently visited, or one of your files on the hard drive…etc).

Example of an applet using search providers in Cinnamon 2.6

Last month we received donations from 380 people. Together they raised a total of $9,036. Many thanks to all of you who contribute to our project, to the people who donated and to our sponsors and partners. Many thanks also to the many people who help other users in the forums and chat rooms, and special thanks this month to two of our developers: dalcde and glebihan, whose exciting work on Cinnamon 2.6 was featured above.

Sponsorships:

Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by:

To become a sponsor or to see the full list of Linux Mint sponsors, please visit: http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php

Donations:

A total of $9,036 was raised thanks to the generous contributions of 380 donors:

$200 (16th donation), Ralph Siegler aka “ziggy”

$200, Beth A.

$120 (2nd donation), Jan-erik Ö.

$119.19 (2nd donation), Ian L.

$119.19, Stephan S.

$119.19, Stefan A.

$119.19, Thomas Z.

$119.19, Martin Z.

$100 (8th donation), Ronald S.

$100 (5th donation), Peter D.

$100 (3rd donation), Kory W.

$100 (2nd donation), Glen A.

$100, Jerry C.

$100, Roger W.

$100, Terri O.

$100, Amanda B.

$100, Wesley H.

$100, Daniel B.

$100, Sai Vinoba

$100, Carl G.

$100, Ruben F.

$89.39, Martin G.

$71.51 (2nd donation), Fiorello F.

$60 (2nd donation), Brandon L.

$59.6, Ralf V.

$59.59 (13th donation), Philippe W.

$59.59 (3rd donation), Carlos M. S.

$59.59 (2nd donation), Markus M.

$59.59 (2nd donation), Javi Dieltron aka “ososoft”

$59.59, Jgb S.

$59.59, Tuomo aka “Happy Hacking Day”

$59.59, Yves M. A.

$59.59, Marc W.

$59.59, Volker P.

$50 (4th donation), jmro3006

$50 (2nd donation), Larwence P.

$50 (2nd donation), Mike H. aka “sloan”

$50, Andrew G.

$50, Jean-Christophe B.

$50, Forrest B.

$50, James P.

$50, Fred W.

$50, Douglas K.

$50, Stewart B.

$50, Marcin L.

$50, Paul D.

$50, Willy J.

$50, wilson.c

$47.67, Neil S.

$40, Pablo L. aka “LAFO”

$40, Jeffrey K.

$40, William S.

$40, TRC Technologies

$36 (59th donation), Olli K.

$35.75 (4th donation), Anne-christine U.

$35.75 (3rd donation), Pentti T.

$35.75 (2nd donation), José R. L. B.

$35.75, Maurizio C.

$35.75, Davud Evren

$35.75, Thomas B.

$35.75, Andreas W.

$35.75, Beat D.

$35.75, Lars-gunnar S.

$33, Raymond M.

$30 (4th donation), Gordon T.

$30 (2nd donation), Bill L.

$30, James P.

$30, Lonnie J.

$30, Mark F.

$30, David M.

$30, Itamar D. Z.

$30, Mark F.

$30, Max P.

$30, 500it aka “bOsO400”

$29.97, Bobby R.

$29.8 (3rd donation), Mark E.

$29.8, Shamana S.

$29.8, Enric P. R.

$29.79 (5th donation), Lars H.

$29.79 (3rd donation), Tony H. aka “TonyH1212”

$29.79, Berthold W. V. D. H.

$29.79, Eric L.

$29.79, Jan V. D. W.

$29.79, Jan B. L.

$29.79, Christof R.

$29.79, Ken J.

$29.79, Frits M.

$27.95, Armand V. D.

$26.9 (2nd donation), Marcin Ziółkowski aka Mario Nesta

$25 (40th donation), Ronald W.

$25 (12th donation), Robert H.

$25 (5th donation), Samson S. aka “Samtastic”

$25 (2nd donation), Ewa K.

$25 (2nd donation), Joseph M.

$25 (2nd donation), Robert A.

$25 (2nd donation), Thomas Nielsen

$25 (2nd donation), Viktor V.

$25 (2nd donation), Raphael C.

$25, Michael M.

$25, Carmelo G.

$25, Max M.

$25, Gavin S.

$25, John L.

$25, David L.

$25, Grant M.

$25, Data H. I.

$25, Timothy L.

$25, Randy S. H.

$25, Tim M.

$25, Phillip G.

$25, Gerhard E.

$25, Thomas F.

$25, Brent G.

$25, Cindy P.

$25, Ty F.

$25, Jose T. G. T.

$25, Carmelo G.

$25, Carmelo G.

$25, Walter S.

$25, M. S.

$24 (2nd donation), Gabriele B.

$24, Stefan W.

$24, Daniel K.

$24, Toomas M.

$23.84 (2nd donation), Iain S.

$23.84, Adriano A.

$23.84, Bernhard S.

$23.84, Giovanni R.

$23.83 (14th donation), Orlando M. M.

$23.83 (7th donation), Kevin D.

$23.83 (6th donation), Alessandro P.

$23.83 (4th donation), Ross M.

$23.83 (3rd donation), Daniel P.

$23.83 (3rd donation), Paul G.

$23.83 (2nd donation), Gabriel S.

$23.83 (2nd donation), aka “Roullio_n3”

$23.83 (2nd donation), Oliver G.

$23.83 (2nd donation), Jose Ayala V.

$23.83, Maximilian K.

$23.83, Marcus S.

$23.83, Alexander R.

$23.83, Roger B.

$23.83, Michael K.

$23.83, Rachel A.

$23.83, Joost S.

$23.83, Simone M.

$23.83, A W.

$23.83, Reijo H.

$22, Geraldo C.

$20.26 (12th donation), Ion B.

$20 (42th donation), Tsuguo S.

$20 (3rd donation), Leonardo Frazao aka “Liozek”

$20 (2nd donation), Matsufuji H.

$20 (2nd donation), Jon R.

$20 (2nd donation), Ivan R.

$20 (2nd donation), William N.

$20, Warren F.

$20, Peter S.

$20, Ernst L.

$20, Che H.

$20, Simon R.

$20, Larry K.

$20, Robert J.

$20, Marie B.

$20, Juan A. S. aka “okelet”

$20, Pierre T.

$20, Daniel A.

$20, Tony N.

$20, Doug E.

$20, Steve G.

$20, Michael M.

$20, Nicholas P.

$20, Reed W.

$20, Shaun T.

$20, Danny W.

$20, Charles H.

$20, Dane R.

$20, Geoff Ingram aka “jellybean”

$20, Skip H.

$20, Anders D.

$18, Florian U.

$17.88, Goran H.

$17.88, Renzo P.

$17.87 (3rd donation), Kevin O.

$17.87 (3rd donation), Anonymous

$17.87 (2nd donation), Gabriele B.

$17.87, Christoph Z.

$17.87, Emilio R. E.

$17.87, Luca Abbati

$16, Colin O.

$15 (3rd donation), Christopher D.

$15, Italo I.

$15, Harry E.

$15, Douglas M.

$15, Jesús H. M.

$15, Stan C.

$15, Ladislav M.

$15, Allan C.

$12 (3rd donation), Juan C. S. A.

$12 (2nd donation), Darek P.

$12 (2nd donation), Kevin C.

$12, Manfred B.

$12, Sinisa M.

$12, Stephen H.

$12, Marcelo G.

$12, Wsewolod W.

$12, Louis-Philippe L.

$12, A S.

$11.92 (6th donation), Dr. R. M.

$11.92 (2nd donation), Queenvictoria

$11.92, Kay K.

$11.92, Günther K.

$11.92, Jochim L.

$11.92, Philippe Dias aka “Philou”

$11.92, Sonoda H.

$11.92, Oliver H.

$11.91 (17th donation), Raymond E.

$11.91 (17th donation), Mark W.

$11.91 (6th donation), Nicolae Crefelean aka “kneekoo”

$11.91 (4th donation), Matúš L.

$11.91 (4th donation), Gabriel T.

$11.91 (3rd donation), Richard S.

$11.91 (2nd donation), Gerryt M.

$11.91 (2nd donation), Brian H.

$11.91 (2nd donation), Waldemar K.

$11.91 (2nd donation), Daniel W.

$11.91 (2nd donation), Lionel aka “Kinobi”

$11.91, Georg K.

$11.91, Frederic C.

$11.91, Moritz G.

$11.91, Milan K.

$11.91, Juan D. C. C.

$11.91, Franz D.

$11.91, Kilian U.

$11.91, P V. D. L.

$11.91, Filip Magnusson aka “FilleMang”

$11.91, Jan-albert D. L.

$11.91, Paul G.

$11.91, Ilmo P.

$11.91, F.D.P. Geurink

$11.91, Ivan S.

$11.91, Ilia D.

$11.91, Jakob B.

$11.91, Bo Simonsen

$11.91, Liviu B.

$11.91, Roberto R.

$11.91, Marcel M.

$11, Yalın A.

$10 (46th donation), Tony C. aka “S. LaRocca”

$10 (11th donation), Mark C.

$10 (10th donation), Mark C.

$10 (3rd donation), Alistair G.

$10 (3rd donation), Jeffrey T.

$10 (2nd donation), Jan O. A.

$10 (2nd donation), Neil B.

$10 (2nd donation), Arno S.

$10 (2nd donation), John C.

$10 (2nd donation), Ireneusz W.

$10, Alexander J.

$10, Люблев Н.

$10, Troy E.

$10, Randy D.

$10, Kenneth B.

$10, Sylvia R.

$10, Dave V.

$10, Aaron M.

$10, Alexander C. M.

$10, Brock C.

$10, Neil E.

$10, David G.

$10, Ramon O.

$10, Viktor Z.

$10, Gavin M.

$10, Ian H.

$10, Allen D.

$10, Uğur D. S.

$10, Anderson L. S. M.

$10, STEX Motorsports LLC

$10, 康 华.

$10, Reginaldo M. D. S.

$10, Barry L.

$10, William R.

$10, Limon Monte

$10, Thomas K.

$10, Gyurics L.

$8.34, Alexander B.

$8.34, alvfrias

$8, Wong H. Y.

$8, Felipe V. M.

$8, Ludek F.

$7.15 (5th donation), Hector Richart P.

$7.15, Nik K.

$7, Micha E.

$7, Jesús D. G.

$6.1 (3rd donation), Carpet Cleaning London aka “ParadiseCleaning”

$6 (7th donation), Nicholas S.

$6 (4th donation), Hector Richart P.

$6, Kai G.

$6, hostingreport.info

$6, Yvo T.

$5.95 (8th donation), Albert J. P.

$5.95 (4th donation), Stijn D.

$5.95, Christopher Reay aka “DAZY”

$5.95, Adam P.

$5.95, Christoph B.

$5.95, Tuomas K.

$5.95, Christoph K.

$5.95, Krisztián P.

$5.95, Yulian M.

$5.95, Adrián G. P.

$5.95, Carsten K.

$5.95, Miguel R.

$5.95, Marian V.

$5.95, Alberto Medici

$5.95, Marcel Schoenherr

$5.95, Rem

$5.95, Alfredo C.

$5 (15th donation), Carlos W.

$5 (11th donation), Randy R. aka “MonkeyMint”

$5 (10th donation), Randy R. aka “MonkeyMint”

$5 (4th donation), frisky

$5 (4th donation), William Menezes

$5 (3rd donation), Thedrish

$5 (3rd donation), Matthew L.

$5 (2nd donation), John M.

$5 (2nd donation), Murat Kutluer

$5, Robert M.

$5, Arif A.

$5, Devin K.

$5, Larry H.

$5, Toronto Maple Leafs Rumours

$5, Jiří J.

$5, Bernard B.

$5, Robert C. E.

$5, Luiz E. A. L.

$5, Юрий Л.

$5, Mojmír S.

$5, Leonard F.

$5, Radek H.

$5, Abraham P.

$5, Les R.

$5, Marcin Ziółkowski aka Mario Nesta

$4.76, Matteo T.

$4.66, Dimitri N.

$4.2, Edward F.

$4 (3rd donation), Donald H.

$4, Ali B.

$3.57 (2nd donation), Alberto B. C.

$3.57, SiriS Emanuel

$3.57, Luca F.

$3.5, Sinisa P.

$3 (2nd donation), Kouji Kobayashi

$3, Správa IT

$3, Frederic J.

$3, Scott L.

$3, Charles-david H.

$2.38 (5th donation), Guillaume G. aka “Tidusrose”

$2.38, George Navro

$28.23 from 22 smaller donations

If you want to help Linux Mint with a donation, please visit http://www.linuxmint.com/donors.php