Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva
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Analysis of posts to alt.os.linux.mandriva by Robert Marshall
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)
Total posts considered: 212 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Aug 10 21:25:05 2007
Latest article: Fri Aug 17 19:25:03 2007
Original articles: 34, replies: 178
Total size of posts: 527,663 bytes (515K) (0.50M)
Average 30 articles per day, 0.07 MB per day, 2,488 bytes per article
Total headers: 269 KB bodies: 245 KB
Body text - quoted: 99 KB, original: 132 KB = 57.12%, sigs: 13 KB
Total number of posters: 66, average 7,994 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 46, average 11,470 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 33
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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 40
2: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>............................. : 15
3: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 10
4: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>.............................. : 8
5: Iordani <somewhere@earth.net>.................................. : 7
6: Evil Bastard <evilbastard9@gmail.com>.......................... : 6
7: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>....................... : 6
8: Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>........ : 6
9: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>................................ : 6
10: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>............................... : 6
11: Robert Marshall <spam@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk>............ : 5
12: Maurice Batey <maurice@bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 5
13: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>.............................. : 5
14: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42@verizon.net>................ : 4
15: Highland Ham <abcgm0csz.kn6whxyz@dsl.pipex.com>................ : 3
16: "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht@netscape.net>......................... : 3
17: Keith Lee <cmarvel@NOSPAM.nethere.com>......................... : 3
18: Alan Secker <alan-ignore-this-bit-@asandco.co.uk>.............. : 3
19: Wes Newell <w.newell@TAKEOUTverizon.net>....................... : 3
20: ERACC <junkmail@eracc.com>..................................... : 3
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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 89
2: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>............................. : 56
3: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>....................... : 32
4: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 20
5: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>.............................. : 16
6: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 14
7: Evil Bastard <evilbastard9@gmail.com>.......................... : 13
8: Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>........ : 13
9: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>............................... : 13
10: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>.............................. : 11
11: Iordani <somewhere@earth.net>.................................. : 11
12: alt.os.linux.mandrake Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 11
13: Flip Wilson <Rightback@cha.com>................................ : 11
14: Maurice Batey <maurice@bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 10
15: Robert Marshall <spam@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk>............ : 10
16: "Les B. Labbauf" <broeht@netscape.net>......................... : 8
17: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>................................ : 8
18: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42@verizon.net>................ : 7
19: Highland Ham <abcgm0csz.kn6whxyz@dsl.pipex.com>................ : 7
20: ERACC <junkmail@eracc.com>..................................... : 7
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Top 12 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice@bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 90.12%
2: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>.............................. : 83.44%
3: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>................................ : 75.98%
4: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>.............................. : 75.73%
5: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 69.94%
6: Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>........ : 64.83%
7: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 61.61%
8: Iordani <somewhere@earth.net>.................................. : 52.95%
9: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>............................... : 45.88%
10: Robert Marshall <spam@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk>............ : 45.16%
11: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>............................. : 33.32%
12: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>....................... : 31.87%
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Bottom 12 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Evil Bastard <evilbastard9@gmail.com>.......................... : 27.25%
2: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>....................... : 31.87%
3: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>............................. : 33.32%
4: Robert Marshall <spam@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk>............ : 45.16%
5: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>............................... : 45.88%
6: Iordani <somewhere@earth.net>.................................. : 52.95%
7: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 61.61%
8: Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance@OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>........ : 64.83%
9: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 69.94%
10: Jim Beard <jim.beard@verizon.net>.............................. : 75.73%
11: Warren Post <wpost@hondutel.hn>................................ : 75.98%
12: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>.............................. : 83.44%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: host names, network names and IP addresses..................... : 20
2: Font server problems (I think)................................. : 14
3: Graphics In Terminal Window.................................... : 12
4: Graphic driver problem?........................................ : 11
5: OT: Recommended CPU and motherboard............................ : 10
6: sntp versus Network Time Protocol.............................. : 9
7: glxgears et al crashing X...................................... : 9
8: Mirrors not getting updates.................................... : 9
9: More issues with initd start order in 2007.1................... : 9
10: knode problem.................................................. : 8
11: Java plugin for Firefox........................................ : 7
12: xsane doesn't find Mustek scanner.............................. : 6
13: Disable CD-player autostarting................................. : 6
14: web-cam support................................................ : 6
15: Recommended P2P filesharing app................................ : 5
16: Webcam......................................................... : 5
17: Azureus........................................................ : 4
18: usb drives?.................................................... : 4
19: New Readers: Posting FAQ for a.o.l.mandrake/mandriva........... : 4
20: Thunderbird 2.0 prefs.js question.............................. : 4
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: host names, network names and IP addresses..................... : 86
2: Font server problems (I think)................................. : 32
3: Graphics In Terminal Window.................................... : 29
4: sntp versus Network Time Protocol.............................. : 25
5: OT: Recommended CPU and motherboard............................ : 22
6: glxgears et al crashing X...................................... : 20
7: Graphic driver problem?........................................ : 19
8: More issues with initd start order in 2007.1................... : 18
9: xsane doesn't find Mustek scanner.............................. : 17
10: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 16
11: Java plugin for Firefox........................................ : 15
12: Mirrors not getting updates.................................... : 15
13: web-cam support................................................ : 15
14: knode problem.................................................. : 15
15: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandrake........................... : 11
16: Disable CD-player autostarting................................. : 11
17: New Readers: Posting FAQ for a.o.l.mandrake/mandriva........... : 9
18: Recommended P2P filesharing app................................ : 9
19: usb drives?.................................................... : 8
20: pinging DNSs................................................... : 8
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Top 2 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 8
2: alt.os.linux.suse.............................................. : 2
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Pan............................................................ : 13
2: KNode.......................................................... : 13
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11....................................... : 6
4: slrn........................................................... : 6
5: G2............................................................. : 5
6: Unknown........................................................ : 4
7: Mozilla........................................................ : 3
8: Gnus........................................................... : 2
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11....................................... : 2
10: Forte Agent.................................................... : 2
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode..................................................... : 44 (21%)
2: Opera Mail................................................ : 40 (19%)
3: Pan....................................................... : 32 (15%)
4: slrn...................................................... : 21 (10%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11.................................. : 14 ( 7%)
6: G2........................................................ : 11 ( 5%)
7: Mozilla................................................... : 10 ( 5%)
8: pan....................................................... : 9 ( 4%)
9: Forte Agent............................................... : 7 ( 3%)
10: Gnus...................................................... : 6 ( 3%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 67
2: -0400.......................................................... : 46
3: +0100.......................................................... : 26
4: -0500.......................................................... : 20
5: +1000.......................................................... : 19
6: -0700.......................................................... : 15
7: +0200.......................................................... : 12
8: -0600.......................................................... : 4
9: -0300.......................................................... : 2
10: +1200.......................................................... : 1
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