How is the world's leading Linux distribution generated? __linux

In recent days, the Linux distribution originated in Ireland, Mint is about to overtake Ubuntu in the world's first position (the number of clicks per day H.P.D only a few points). How the mint distribution is produced.

November 14, 2006, the Mint2.0 version was released. At that time the goal of Mint2.0 is actually very simple: on the basis of Ubuntu6.10, add some browser plug-ins, media decoder, Java1.5 upgrade development kits and other components, to give users a complete desktop experience of the Linux computer. For 5 years, this goal of mint almost never changed. May 26, 2011, the latest release of MINT11, the goal is still basically the same, that is, based on the new Ubuntu version of the continuous improvement of the user's computer desktop experience. This "follow" (or "Run Jingxiang") strategy has been proven to be extremely effective.

Today, global users of mint desktops have reached tens levels. Mint's operating expenses come from. You can't do things by the way of the northwest. The Irish government certainly does not give money, because the small places (islands) of Ireland, which have very little population and rich lives, do not have to use free software Linux at all. What does the Irish think, "rich" will "think". Didn't we say, "Shang"? This is really strange. In fact, almost all of Mint's operating costs come from "begging."

Enter the official website of Mint, you will find that this August (so far), the global total of 117 donors (donors), donated 2982.22 U.S. dollars, donors from what country, the name of the donor, are clearly listed, clear. Most of these donors come from western developed countries such as the US, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain (no Chinese donated this month). The contributions of some donors are only 1~2 United States dollars, with an average contribution of $20 per donor. Recalling that the global contribution to MINT development projects has increased over the past 4 years, the overall level of contributions, as mentioned above, is only thousands of dollars a month, but only tens of thousands of dollars a year.

We have to ask where the donations to mint are used. Mint Official website replied: "Howis the moneyused? " The used to finance the needs of the distribution, to payfor hosting, to advertise on, and to websites Equipmentand to fund the work of the People Behindit ", which means mainly for mint distribution fees, server hosting costs, advertising and acquisition of hardware equipment, etc., as well as the financing of some people working full-time for mint.

I was surprised to get the world's first Linux distribution by begging only (called "donations"). In our country, the "nuclear high-based" financing basic software development projects, such as Kirin operating system, the amount of funding up to hundreds of millions of yuan, where the money used. Some people will ask, mint Desktop is useful to us. Not to say anything else, only Mint's Simplified Chinese Manual (58 pages, PDF format) is very complete, the word is quite accurate. Why can't we take "for my own use"? Is the world's top level of computer desktop does not conform to our "national conditions." Not too. This is just a backward conservative concept (or ideological awareness) in the mischief.

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