============================================================================
Analysis of posts to alt.os.linux.mandriva by Robert Marshall
============================================================================
(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)
Total posts considered: 163 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Aug 28 21:25:08 2009
Latest article: Fri Sep 4 18:02:03 2009
Original articles: 20, replies: 143
Total size of posts: 368,664 bytes (360K) (0.35M)
Average 23 articles per day, 0.05 MB per day, 2,261 bytes per article
Total headers: 192 KB bodies: 167 KB
Body text - quoted: 59 KB, original: 78 KB = 57.06%, sigs: 29 KB
Total number of posters: 49, average 7,523 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 26, average 14,179 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 12
============================================================================
Top 20 posters by number of articles
============================================================================
1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 24
2: Maurice Batey <maurice.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org>...................... : 14
3: Bit Twister <BitTwister.RemoveThis@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 13
4: Unruh <unruh-spam.RemoveThis@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 8
5: TJ <TJ.RemoveThis@noneofyour.business>.................................... : 7
6: "Peter D." <p13.RemoveThis@g-node.com.au>................................. : 7
7: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm.RemoveThis@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 7
8: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket.RemoveThis@config.com>......................... : 5
9: Doug Laidlaw <blackhole.RemoveThis@afraid.org>............................ : 5
10: Aragorn <aragorn.RemoveThis@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 5
11: faeychild <faeychild.RemoveThis@noname.afraid.org>........................ : 4
12: Jim Beard <jdbeard.RemoveThis@patriot.net>................................ : 4
13: Frank Dreyfus <edhochman.RemoveThis@gmail.com>............................ : 4
14: JimR <kd1yv6.RemoveThis@notmyemail.com>................................... : 4
15: Artful Codger <nobody.RemoveThis@home.test>............................... : 3
16: Zoraster <zoraster.RemoveThis@REMOVETHISoperamail.com>.................... : 3
17: Jerry Heyman <heymanj.RemoveThis@acm.org>................................. : 3
18: stef <notvalid.RemoveThis@nomail.nul>..................................... : 3
19: Robert Riches <spamtrap42.RemoveThis@verizon.net>......................... : 3
20: B Sellers <bliss.RemoveThis@sfo.com>...................................... : 3
============================================================================
Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
============================================================================
1: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 48
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister.RemoveThis@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 39
3: Maurice Batey <maurice.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org>...................... : 22
4: Aragorn <aragorn.RemoveThis@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 21
5: TJ <TJ.RemoveThis@noneofyour.business>.................................... : 18
6: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm.RemoveThis@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 16
7: "Peter D." <p13.RemoveThis@g-node.com.au>................................. : 16
8: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet.RemoveThis@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 12
9: Unruh <unruh-spam.RemoveThis@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 12
10: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket.RemoveThis@config.com>......................... : 9
11: Jim Beard <jdbeard.RemoveThis@patriot.net>................................ : 9
12: Doug Laidlaw <blackhole.RemoveThis@afraid.org>............................ : 8
13: Zoraster <zoraster.RemoveThis@REMOVETHISoperamail.com>.................... : 7
14: Frank Dreyfus <edhochman.RemoveThis@gmail.com>............................ : 7
15: JimR <kd1yv6.RemoveThis@notmyemail.com>................................... : 6
16: Artful Codger <nobody.RemoveThis@home.test>............................... : 6
17: Jerry Heyman <heymanj.RemoveThis@acm.org>................................. : 6
18: faeychild <faeychild.RemoveThis@noname.afraid.org>........................ : 6
19: Andrew Ed <ohno.RemoveThis@youdont.com>................................... : 5
20: Robert Riches <spamtrap42.RemoveThis@verizon.net>......................... : 5
============================================================================
Top 9 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
============================================================================
1: Bit Twister <BitTwister.RemoveThis@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 73.95%
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 71.90%
3: Aragorn <aragorn.RemoveThis@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 66.96%
4: TJ <TJ.RemoveThis@noneofyour.business>.................................... : 66.43%
5: Maurice Batey <maurice.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org>...................... : 65.84%
6: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket.RemoveThis@config.com>......................... : 44.31%
7: "Peter D." <p13.RemoveThis@g-node.com.au>................................. : 42.67%
8: Unruh <unruh-spam.RemoveThis@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 34.63%
9: Doug Laidlaw <blackhole.RemoveThis@afraid.org>............................ : 31.68%
============================================================================
Bottom 9 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
============================================================================
1: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm.RemoveThis@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 25.89%
2: Doug Laidlaw <blackhole.RemoveThis@afraid.org>............................ : 31.68%
3: Unruh <unruh-spam.RemoveThis@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 34.63%
4: "Peter D." <p13.RemoveThis@g-node.com.au>................................. : 42.67%
5: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket.RemoveThis@config.com>......................... : 44.31%
6: Maurice Batey <maurice.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org>...................... : 65.84%
7: TJ <TJ.RemoveThis@noneofyour.business>.................................... : 66.43%
8: Aragorn <aragorn.RemoveThis@chatfactory.invalid>.......................... : 66.96%
9: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins.RemoveThis@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 71.90%
============================================================================
Top 20 threads by no. of articles
============================================================================
1: Single-click desktop icons..................................... : 23
2: Modifying device notifier options.............................. : 22
3: nVidia recommendations......................................... : 15
4: ssh problem.................................................... : 12
5: How to make modprobe permanent................................. : 10
6: how long should a online update last?.......................... : 9
7: Huawei Wireless Dongle......................................... : 8
8: Wireless Internet stopped working.............................. : 8
9: FYI: Skype for Linux Beta 2.1.0.47 is out for testing.......... : 8
10: GVIM from command-line on Mandriva 2009.1...................... : 7
11: My desktop is not graphical.................................... : 6
12: Converting from mkv to avi?.................................... : 5
13: FYI: 2010.0 Beta One CDs are released.......................... : 4
14: Opera 10 final qt3 failing on Mandriva 2009.1.................. : 4
15: Need to upload files!!......................................... : 3
16: netprofile discussion.......................................... : 3
17: Gnome question................................................. : 3
18: Fetch Album Cover Fails for Amarok............................. : 2
19: laptop suspending when lid closed and reopened................. : 2
20: Cooling, dialup login, etc..................................... : 2
============================================================================
Top 20 threads by size in KB
============================================================================
1: Single-click desktop icons..................................... : 47
2: Modifying device notifier options.............................. : 45
3: ssh problem.................................................... : 37
4: How to make modprobe permanent................................. : 31
5: nVidia recommendations......................................... : 27
6: how long should a online update last?.......................... : 20
7: Wireless Internet stopped working.............................. : 17
8: Huawei Wireless Dongle......................................... : 15
9: FYI: Skype for Linux Beta 2.1.0.47 is out for testing.......... : 15
10: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 12
11: My desktop is not graphical.................................... : 11
12: GVIM from command-line on Mandriva 2009.1...................... : 11
13: Need to upload files!!......................................... : 9
14: FYI: 2010.0 Beta One CDs are released.......................... : 8
15: Converting from mkv to avi?.................................... : 7
16: Opera 10 final qt3 failing on Mandriva 2009.1.................. : 6
17: Cooling, dialup login, etc..................................... : 6
18: netprofile discussion.......................................... : 5
19: Gnome question................................................. : 5
20: how do i get a simple clipboard in kde......................... : 3
============================================================================
Top 5 cross-posted groups
============================================================================
1: alt.os.linux.setup............................................. : 9
2: comp.os.linux.misc............................................. : 4
3: alt.os.linux.mandriva......................................... : 2
4: alt.os.linux................................................... : 1
5: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 1
============================================================================
Top 10 User Agents by poster
============================================================================
1: KNode.......................................................... : 14
2: Pan............................................................ : 11
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11...................................... : 6
4: slrn........................................................... : 6
5: Mozilla........................................................ : 3
6: Gnus........................................................... : 2
7: Unknown........................................................ : 2
8: G2............................................................. : 1
9: nn............................................................. : 1
10: NewsTap........................................................ : 1
============================================================================
Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
============================================================================
1: KNode..................................................... : 39 (24%)
2: Pan....................................................... : 27 (17%)
3: Opera Mail................................................ : 24 (15%)
4: slrn...................................................... : 24 (15%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11................................. : 19 (12%)
6: Mozilla................................................... : 9 ( 6%)
7: nn........................................................ : 8 ( 5%)
8: G2........................................................ : 4 ( 2%)
9: unknown................................................... : 4 ( 2%)
10: Gnus...................................................... : 2 ( 1%)
============================================================================
Top 10 time zones
============================================================================
1: -0400.......................................................... : 47
2: UTC............................................................ : 41
3: +1000.......................................................... : 24
4: +0100.......................................................... : 23
5: +0200.......................................................... : 12
6: -0500.......................................................... : 6
7: -0700.......................................................... : 5
8: -0700 (PDT).................................................... : 4
9: +0300.......................................................... : 1
============================================================================
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This was auto-posted using a script by Garry Knight.
Please send questions or comments to robert.RemoveThis@capuchin.co.uk
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------