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: 278 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Oct 31 21:25:07 2008
Latest article: Fri Nov 7 21:02:04 2008
Original articles: 31, replies: 247
Total size of posts: 657,207 bytes (641K) (0.63M)
Average 39 articles per day, 0.09 MB per day, 2,364 bytes per article
Total headers: 350 KB bodies: 291 KB
Body text - quoted: 119 KB, original: 152 KB = 56.23%, sigs: 18 KB
Total number of posters: 65, average 10,110 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 45, average 14,604 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 16

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Bit Twister <BitTwister RemoveThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 31
2: Maurice Batey <maurice RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>...................... : 30
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 21
4: Doug Laidlaw <doug RemoveThis @dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 20
5: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace RemoveThis @highspeedturtles.net>............... : 14
6: stef <notvalid RemoveThis @nomail.nul>..................................... : 9
7: ibuprofin RemoveThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 9
8: TJ <TJ RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>........................................ : 8
9: stef <invalid RemoveThis @nomail.nul>...................................... : 8
10: egh <eghoward RemoveThis @gmail.com>....................................... : 8
11: Aragorn <aragorn RemoveThis @chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 7
12: Iordani <somewhere RemoveThis @earth.net>.................................. : 6
13: Mauro Orlandini <orlandini RemoveThis @tesre.bo.cnr.it>.................... : 5
14: Adam <look RemoveThis @bottom.of.message>.................................. : 5
15: Jim Beard <jdbeard RemoveThis @patriot.net>................................ : 5
16: Alan Secker <alan RemoveThis @asandco.co.uk>............................... : 5
17: Wes Newell <w.newell RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>.......................... : 4
18: Marja van Waes <m.van.waes RemoveThis @nospam.nospam>...................... : 4
19: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>..................... : 4
20: Dan C <youmustbejoking RemoveThis @lan.invalid>............................ : 4

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Bit Twister <BitTwister RemoveThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 66
2: Maurice Batey <maurice RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>...................... : 57
3: Doug Laidlaw <doug RemoveThis @dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 48
4: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 45
5: ibuprofin RemoveThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 43
6: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace RemoveThis @highspeedturtles.net>............... : 28
7: Adam <look RemoveThis @bottom.of.message>.................................. : 27
8: TJ <TJ RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>........................................ : 21
9: Aragorn <aragorn RemoveThis @chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 21
10: stef <notvalid RemoveThis @nomail.nul>..................................... : 18
11: stef <invalid RemoveThis @nomail.nul>...................................... : 18
12: Jim Beard <jdbeard RemoveThis @patriot.net>................................ : 14
13: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet RemoveThis @capuchin.co.uk>............ : 14
14: egh <eghoward RemoveThis @gmail.com>....................................... : 13
15: Alan Secker <alan RemoveThis @asandco.co.uk>............................... : 12
16: Iordani <somewhere RemoveThis @earth.net>.................................. : 11
17: Mauro Orlandini <orlandini RemoveThis @tesre.bo.cnr.it>.................... : 10
18: Dan C <youmustbejoking RemoveThis @lan.invalid>............................ : 7
19: Wes Newell <w.newell RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>.......................... : 7
20: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>..................... : 7

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Top 15 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>...................... : 85.91%
2: Jim Beard <jdbeard RemoveThis @patriot.net>................................ : 81.18%
3: Aragorn <aragorn RemoveThis @chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 66.49%
4: Mauro Orlandini <orlandini RemoveThis @tesre.bo.cnr.it>.................... : 65.72%
5: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 64.62%
6: Alan Secker <alan RemoveThis @asandco.co.uk>............................... : 61.55%
7: ibuprofin RemoveThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 61.13%
8: stef <notvalid RemoveThis @nomail.nul>..................................... : 60.80%
9: Bit Twister <BitTwister RemoveThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 60.24%
10: Iordani <somewhere RemoveThis @earth.net>.................................. : 54.71%
11: Adam <look RemoveThis @bottom.of.message>.................................. : 51.28%
12: TJ <TJ RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>........................................ : 44.08%
13: Doug Laidlaw <doug RemoveThis @dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 35.01%
14: egh <eghoward RemoveThis @gmail.com>....................................... : 32.57%
15: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace RemoveThis @highspeedturtles.net>............... : 31.81%

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Bottom 15 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: stef <invalid RemoveThis @nomail.nul>...................................... : 20.98%
2: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace RemoveThis @highspeedturtles.net>............... : 31.81%
3: egh <eghoward RemoveThis @gmail.com>....................................... : 32.57%
4: Doug Laidlaw <doug RemoveThis @dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 35.01%
5: TJ <TJ RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>........................................ : 44.08%
6: Adam <look RemoveThis @bottom.of.message>.................................. : 51.28%
7: Iordani <somewhere RemoveThis @earth.net>.................................. : 54.71%
8: Bit Twister <BitTwister RemoveThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 60.24%
9: stef <notvalid RemoveThis @nomail.nul>..................................... : 60.80%
10: ibuprofin RemoveThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 61.13%
11: Alan Secker <alan RemoveThis @asandco.co.uk>............................... : 61.55%
12: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 64.62%
13: Mauro Orlandini <orlandini RemoveThis @tesre.bo.cnr.it>.................... : 65.72%
14: Aragorn <aragorn RemoveThis @chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 66.49%
15: Jim Beard <jdbeard RemoveThis @patriot.net>................................ : 81.18%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: VirtualBox 1.6.6: Cloning 2008.0 installation --> 2009.0....... : 27
2: wireless signal "weaker" in Linux than Windows................. : 24
3: Problem with latest 2009.0 kernel desktop586-2.6.27-41mnb...... : 22
4: Kernal question................................................ : 20
5: Problems with latest kernel upgrade............................ : 17
6: Mdv 2008.1 and nVidia GeForce 9400 GT.......................... : 13
7: upgrading from Free 2008.1 (x86_64) to Free 2009 (x86_64)...... : 10
8: initrd-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb.img generation.................... : 10
9: [Mandriva 2009] X freeze (sometimes) with Nvidia driver........ : 8
10: One vs. Free CDs (or DVD)...................................... : 8
11: CD/DVD Burner.................................................. : 8
12: KDE4 mouse click............................................... : 7
13: Mandriva2008-2009: where are large Guides to KDE4.X?........... : 7
14: Totem won't play DVD........................................... : 7
15: Partition - used area anomaly.................................. : 6
16: S - L - O - W Boot with new kernel............................. : 6
17: UVC driver for 2008.1.......................................... : 6
18: My Mandriva 2009 installation.................................. : 5
19: munging email.................................................. : 5
20: FYI: VirtualBox 2.0.4 released................................. : 4

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: VirtualBox 1.6.6: Cloning 2008.0 installation --> 2009.0....... : 57
2: wireless signal "weaker" in Linux than Windows................. : 55
3: Problem with latest 2009.0 kernel desktop586-2.6.27-41mnb...... : 50
4: Kernal question................................................ : 40
5: Problems with latest kernel upgrade............................ : 36
6: Mdv 2008.1 and nVidia GeForce 9400 GT.......................... : 31
7: Broadcasting................................................... : 25
8: Scripting, UPS Selection, etc.................................. : 25
9: initrd-2.6.24.7-desktop-2mnb.img generation.................... : 23
10: upgrading from Free 2008.1 (x86_64) to Free 2009 (x86_64)...... : 21
11: [Mandriva 2009] X freeze (sometimes) with Nvidia driver........ : 20
12: Mandriva2008-2009: where are large Guides to KDE4.X?........... : 17
13: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 14
14: One vs. Free CDs (or DVD)...................................... : 14
15: munging email.................................................. : 14
16: CD/DVD Burner.................................................. : 14
17: Partition - used area anomaly.................................. : 14
18: UVC driver for 2008.1.......................................... : 13
19: Totem won't play DVD........................................... : 13
20: KDE4 mouse click............................................... : 13

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Top 1 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode.......................................................... : 24
2: Pan............................................................ : 14
3: Mozilla........................................................ : 5
4: G2............................................................. : 4
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11...................................... : 4
6: slrn........................................................... : 3
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows.................................. : 2
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11...................................... : 1
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11...................................... : 1
10: Opera Mail..................................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode..................................................... : 80 (29%)
2: Pan....................................................... : 68 (24%)
3: slrn...................................................... : 41 (15%)
4: Opera Mail................................................ : 21 ( 8%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11................................. : 19 ( 7%)
6: Mozilla................................................... : 18 ( 6%)
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows............................. : 15 ( 5%)
8: G2........................................................ : 4 ( 1%)
9: nn........................................................ : 3 ( 1%)
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11................................. : 2 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 121
2: -0500.......................................................... : 51
3: +0100.......................................................... : 33
4: -0600.......................................................... : 32
5: +1100.......................................................... : 24
6: -0400.......................................................... : 7
7: -0800.......................................................... : 4
8: -0800 (PST).................................................... : 3
9: +0530.......................................................... : 2
10: -0700 (PDT).................................................... : 1

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