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: 274 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Apr 17 21:25:05 2009
Latest article: Fri Apr 24 20:02:03 2009
Original articles: 31, replies: 243
Total size of posts: 821,319 bytes (802K) (0.78M)
Average 39 articles per day, 0.11 MB per day, 2,997 bytes per article
Total headers: 375 KB bodies: 426 KB
Body text - quoted: 185 KB, original: 198 KB = 51.70%, sigs: 40 KB
Total number of posters: 49, average 16,761 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 42, average 19,555 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 14

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Adam <adam RemoveThis @address.invalid>.................................... : 31
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 29
3: Bit Twister <BitTwister RemoveThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 20
4: "Peter D." <psd RemoveThis @live.home.invalid>............................. : 20
5: Aragorn <aragorn RemoveThis @chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 19
6: ibuprofin RemoveThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 13
7: none <""office\"@(none)">...................................... : 12
8: Unruh <unruh-spam RemoveThis @physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 11
9: MCT <mike.tuller RemoveThis @gmail.com>.................................... : 8
10: Alan Secker <alan RemoveThis @asandco.co.uk>............................... : 7
11: "Markus R." =?iso-8859-1?q?Ke=DFler?= <dimke.fax RemoveThis @uni.de>....... : 7
12: Doug Laidlaw <doug RemoveThis @dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 6
13: Jim Beard <jdbeard RemoveThis @patriot.net>................................ : 6
14: Bill Poletti <no.steenkn.spam RemoveThis @my.addy.com>..................... : 6
15: Robert Riches <spamtrap42 RemoveThis @verizon.net>......................... : 6
16: Wes Newell <w.newell RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>.......................... : 5
17: rousseau <invalid RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>............................. : 5
18: Eric <dr_who RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>................................ : 5
19: Dave Farrance <DaveFarrance RemoveThis @OMiTTHiSyahooANDTHiS.co.uk>........ : 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: Adam <adam RemoveThis @address.invalid>.................................... : 135
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 73
3: ibuprofin RemoveThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 70
4: Aragorn <aragorn RemoveThis @chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 62
5: "Peter D." <psd RemoveThis @live.home.invalid>............................. : 53
6: Bit Twister <BitTwister RemoveThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 46
7: none <""office\"@(none)">...................................... : 36
8: Unruh <unruh-spam RemoveThis @physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 29
9: MCT <mike.tuller RemoveThis @gmail.com>.................................... : 23
10: "Markus R." =?iso-8859-1?q?Ke=DFler?= <dimke.fax RemoveThis @uni.de>....... : 19
11: Jim Beard <jdbeard RemoveThis @patriot.net>................................ : 19
12: Bill Poletti <no.steenkn.spam RemoveThis @my.addy.com>..................... : 17
13: Doug Laidlaw <doug RemoveThis @dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 17
14: Alan Secker <alan RemoveThis @asandco.co.uk>............................... : 15
15: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet RemoveThis @capuchin.co.uk>............ : 13
16: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>..................... : 12
17: Robert Riches <spamtrap42 RemoveThis @verizon.net>......................... : 11
18: Wes Newell <w.newell RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>.......................... : 11
19: wisdomkiller & pain <leaf-node.20.eatallspam RemoveThis @spamgourmet.com>.. : 9
20: Eric <dr_who RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>................................ : 9

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Top 17 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Aragorn <aragorn RemoveThis @chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 75.28%
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 75.22%
3: Bit Twister <BitTwister RemoveThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 66.98%
4: "Markus R." =?iso-8859-1?q?Ke=DFler?= <dimke.fax RemoveThis @uni.de>....... : 66.67%
5: rousseau <invalid RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>............................. : 62.67%
6: ibuprofin RemoveThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 58.71%
7: Adam <adam RemoveThis @address.invalid>.................................... : 52.75%
8: Alan Secker <alan RemoveThis @asandco.co.uk>............................... : 41.59%
9: "Peter D." <psd RemoveThis @live.home.invalid>............................. : 39.54%
10: Wes Newell <w.newell RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>.......................... : 39.17%
11: Eric <dr_who RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>................................ : 36.94%
12: Jim Beard <jdbeard RemoveThis @patriot.net>................................ : 33.63%
13: MCT <mike.tuller RemoveThis @gmail.com>.................................... : 33.19%
14: Robert Riches <spamtrap42 RemoveThis @verizon.net>......................... : 32.50%
15: Doug Laidlaw <doug RemoveThis @dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 32.50%
16: none <""office\"@(none)">...................................... : 22.93%
17: Unruh <unruh-spam RemoveThis @physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 20.10%

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Bottom 17 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Bill Poletti <no.steenkn.spam RemoveThis @my.addy.com>..................... : 16.05%
2: Unruh <unruh-spam RemoveThis @physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 20.10%
3: none <""office\"@(none)">...................................... : 22.93%
4: Doug Laidlaw <doug RemoveThis @dougshost.invalid>.......................... : 32.50%
5: Robert Riches <spamtrap42 RemoveThis @verizon.net>......................... : 32.50%
6: MCT <mike.tuller RemoveThis @gmail.com>.................................... : 33.19%
7: Jim Beard <jdbeard RemoveThis @patriot.net>................................ : 33.63%
8: Eric <dr_who RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>................................ : 36.94%
9: Wes Newell <w.newell RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>.......................... : 39.17%
10: "Peter D." <psd RemoveThis @live.home.invalid>............................. : 39.54%
11: Alan Secker <alan RemoveThis @asandco.co.uk>............................... : 41.59%
12: Adam <adam RemoveThis @address.invalid>.................................... : 52.75%
13: ibuprofin RemoveThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 58.71%
14: rousseau <invalid RemoveThis @invalid.invalid>............................. : 62.67%
15: "Markus R." =?iso-8859-1?q?Ke=DFler?= <dimke.fax RemoveThis @uni.de>....... : 66.67%
16: Bit Twister <BitTwister RemoveThis @mouse-potato.com>...................... : 66.98%
17: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins RemoveThis @nomail.afraid.org>............... : 75.22%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: sudo, msec, etc................................................ : 37
2: boot failure................................................... : 25
3: Not all of my memory is being reported/used.................... : 19
4: Defragmentation................................................ : 18
5: 2008.1: msec changes 'umask' in /etc/fstab..................... : 15
6: WARNING I have found I have 4 gig of plasma .data and .index... : 12
7: HOw do I put new icon onto desktop 2009.0?..................... : 11
8: Bootable USB Gnome ONE rc2, no boot............................ : 10
9: Mandriva 2009.0 networking seriously broken.................... : 10
10: Weird clock behaviour.......................................... : 9
11: FYI: Firefox 3.0.9 is out...................................... : 9
12: Mandriva 2009.0 strange wireless N/W condition................. : 7
13: Broken DIMM Slot, Dying CD-Rs, Choosing Distros, etc........... : 7
14: MPlayer refuses to read dvd - bug or fraud?.................... : 7
15: Mandriva 2009.0 networking admin seriously broken.............. : 6
16: Combining .avi files........................................... : 6
17: how do you import keys into kmail?............................. : 5
18: Get the whole desktop remotely over ssh?....................... : 5
19: AHCI support................................................... : 5
20: Setting open file limits....................................... : 4

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: sudo, msec, etc................................................ : 183
2: boot failure................................................... : 67
3: Defragmentation................................................ : 56
4: Not all of my memory is being reported/used.................... : 51
5: 2008.1: msec changes 'umask' in /etc/fstab..................... : 44
6: WARNING I have found I have 4 gig of plasma .data and .index... : 40
7: HOw do I put new icon onto desktop 2009.0?..................... : 29
8: Bootable USB Gnome ONE rc2, no boot............................ : 25
9: Mandriva 2009.0 networking seriously broken.................... : 24
10: Mandriva 2009.0 networking admin seriously broken.............. : 23
11: Broken DIMM Slot, Dying CD-Rs, Choosing Distros, etc........... : 21
12: MPlayer refuses to read dvd - bug or fraud?.................... : 18
13: Weird clock behaviour.......................................... : 18
14: FYI: Firefox 3.0.9 is out...................................... : 15
15: Mandriva 2009.0 strange wireless N/W condition................. : 14
16: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 13
17: Combining .avi files........................................... : 12
18: Get the whole desktop remotely over ssh?....................... : 10
19: how do you import keys into kmail?............................. : 10
20: Looking for a new keyboard..................................... : 9

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Top 2 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 6
2: comp.os.linux.hardware......................................... : 3

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode.......................................................... : 13
2: Pan............................................................ : 11
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11...................................... : 4
4: slrn........................................................... : 4
5: G2............................................................. : 3
6: Mozilla........................................................ : 3
7: nn............................................................. : 2
8: Forte Agent.................................................... : 2
9: Unknown........................................................ : 2
10: Gnus........................................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode..................................................... : 73 (27%)
2: Mozilla................................................... : 44 (16%)
3: slrn...................................................... : 40 (15%)
4: Pan....................................................... : 34 (12%)
5: Opera Mail................................................ : 29 (11%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11................................. : 13 ( 5%)
7: G2........................................................ : 12 ( 4%)
8: nn........................................................ : 12 ( 4%)
9: Forte Agent............................................... : 6 ( 2%)
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows............................. : 6 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0400.......................................................... : 75
2: UTC............................................................ : 67
3: +0200.......................................................... : 29
4: +1000.......................................................... : 26
5: -0500.......................................................... : 26
6: +0100.......................................................... : 20
7: -0300.......................................................... : 12
8: -0700 (PDT).................................................... : 12
9: -0700.......................................................... : 6
10: +0930.......................................................... : 1

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alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats wrote:
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> Analysis of posts to alt.os.linux.mandriva by Robert Marshall
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> Top 20 posters by number of articles
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> 1: Adam <adam.RemoveThis@address.invalid>.................................... : 31
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> Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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> 1: Adam <adam.RemoveThis@address.invalid>.................................... : 135

I win!!! What do I win?

(Answer: You win a free download of Mandriva 2009.1!)



> Top 17 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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> 7: Adam <adam.RemoveThis@address.invalid>.................................... : 52.75%

Actually, that's the one I look at; I want to keep it over 50%. OTOH I
don't suppose 100% would be very good either as nobody would know what I
was replying to. Thanks, everybody, for your advice, answers, and even
the questions!

Adam
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Email: adam seven zero seven AT verizon DOT net