According to DistroWatch.com in 2008 the 3rd popular Linux distro is Linux Mint. Basically we can call Linux Mint is a derivative from Ubuntu. Despite Linux Mint has no institutional support back on it, it became very popular among the user just because of a familiar look with Windows, Multimedia codecs built-in feature and an soothing outlook.
Here I found a interview between DistroWatch.com and Clement Lefebvre, the main developer of Mint, revealing the inspirations and facts behind making a decision to go for a new derivative of Ubuntu and how people appriciated it. Link: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070702#feature -- Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
