Our One Year Anniversary

This month marks www.ubuntumini.com's one year anniversary. 12 months ago we started the site and pre-ordered our Dell Mini 9s. Since then we have covered 2 Ubuntu releases (gearing up for the 3rd), built up a Google Group help forum, written over 90 articles and watched as the community grew even after Dell discontinued the Mini 9 on May 29, 2009.

The site has had over:
- 248,000 unique visitors
- 405,000 visits to the site
- 866,000 page views
- From all over the world: readers in the Unites States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Australia, Japan, Brazil and other equally awesome countries. Hopefully for my foreign readers my writing skills have gotten better over the year.

I started blogging about Ubuntu 3 years ago, originally about Ubuntu on Dell Inspiron 1501, and never thought my blogs would become as popular as they have. This coming year is going to be big for the blog. I have plans for reporting more Ubuntu news, highlighting more software, write more upgrading guides, upgrading the Flickr account so we can link to high resolution screenshots, opening up the site to Dell Mini 10v and Vostro A90 users, and writing about other Ubuntu derivatives. The site and Google group is going to change a bit and we'll be adding some new staff.

We are also having a big donation drive to raise enough money to buy new hardware (I'd like to get a Dell Mini 10v), better picture hosting and some equipment. I'm hosting the donation drive through www.chipin.com. If you can spare some green feel free to donate via the widget below.



Thanks for your support, contributions, feedback and donations!

You Did It!

Thank You! In less than 72 hours pHreaksYcle received the hundred dollars he needed to buy a new Mini 9 screen. The screen should be on it's way shortly. pHreak will also be working on his first solo article, comprehensive guide to installing a new screen.

We would like to thank everyone who donated:

• Ron Swartzendruber
• Thomas Trinh
• Richard Brent
• Lee Ball
• Giorgio Ottolina
• Brian McEwen
• Gregory Ramey (extra thanks buddy!)
  

All of our readers are awesome, you guys are just awesome plus 1.

If you missed your chance to send us some financial love and would still like to donate, feel free to use the paypal link below.

Help pHreaksYcle Buy A New Mini 9 Screen

Some jerk kicked pHreaksYcle's bag at his school and busted up his screen pretty bad. It was rumoured the perpetrator was a Microsoft mole, trying to stop the spread of Linux. While the identity of this delinquent is unknown (sadly many of these OS hate crimes go unsolved), one thing is certain: pHreak needs a new screen.


- It hurts just to look at this.

If you like the work we do around here and want to help, please donate via the ChipIn widget below. Every little bit counts.



All donations go directly to my young editor, who is broke as he is saving money for college. As always, those who contribute will have their names emblazoned on the Ubuntu Mini philanthropist list on the main page and have the eternal thanks of this sad 16 year old boy. First four donations gets their name in bold or a star, your choosing.



- He sucks at doing sad.

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