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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: 289 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Nov 7 21:25:07 2008
Latest article: Fri Nov 14 21:02:03 2008
Original articles: 42, replies: 247
Total size of posts: 698,467 bytes (682K) (0.67M)
Average 41 articles per day, 0.10 MB per day, 2,416 bytes per article
Total headers: 385 KB bodies: 296 KB
Body text - quoted: 111 KB, original: 168 KB = 60.18%, sigs: 15 KB
Total number of posters: 64, average 10,913 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 57, average 12,253 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: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 31
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 26
3: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 26
4: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 22
5: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 18
6: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 9
7: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 9
8: jimactivist@nospam.com......................................... : 9
9: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 8
10: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 7
11: egh <eghoward@gmail.com>.............................. ......... : 7
12: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 7
13: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 6
14: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 5
15: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 5
16: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 4
17: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 4
18: rousseau <invalid@invalid.invalid>......................... .... : 4
19: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 4
20: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 4

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 78
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 67
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 56
4: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 48
5: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 36
6: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 35
7: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 33
8: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 25
9: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 20
10: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 17
11: jimactivist@nospam.com......................................... : 16
12: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 16
13: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 14
14: egh <eghoward@gmail.com>.............................. ......... : 12
15: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 12
16: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 11
17: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 11
18: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 8
19: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 7
20: George Czerw <noone@nowhere.net>............................. .. : 7

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Top 14 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 81.14%
2: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 79.12%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 70.68%
4: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 67.01%
5: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 62.39%
6: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 58.00%
7: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 56.37%
8: egh <eghoward@gmail.com>.............................. ......... : 50.56%
9: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 49.37%
10: jimactivist@nospam.com......................................... : 49.35%
11: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 47.05%
12: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 43.44%
13: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 40.34%
14: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 35.20%

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Bottom 14 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 33.89%
2: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 35.20%
3: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 40.34%
4: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 43.44%
5: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 47.05%
6: jimactivist@nospam.com......................................... : 49.35%
7: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 49.37%
8: egh <eghoward@gmail.com>.............................. ......... : 50.56%
9: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 56.37%
10: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 58.00%
11: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 62.39%
12: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 67.01%
13: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 70.68%
14: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 79.12%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Problem with latest 2009.0 kernel desktop586-2.6.27-41mnb...... : 34
2: 2008.0 boot cannot find root partition......................... : 17
3: AMD Quad Core AM2+ support in 2009.0........................... : 11
4: Flash Works in one location, not other, Same Laptop, ISP, etc.. : 11
5: Flash Works in one location, not other, Same Laptop, ISP, etc. : 10
6: hdd data speeds............................................ .... : 10
7: more Flash/Firefox problems to peruse.......................... : 10
8: Best text based newsgroup client............................... : 9
9: beagle............................................ ............. : 9
10: FYI: new Firefox security update............................... : 9
11: 2009 missing Login button...................................... : 9
12: Help - Can't upgrade from 2007 to 2009......................... : 8
13: Almost everything segfaults.................................... : 7
14: Broadcasting...................................... ............. : 7
15: encrypting files, folders, partitions.......................... : 7
16: Would Overwriting 2009.0 with Backups from 2008.1 work?........ : 7
17: UVC driver for 2008.1.......................................... : 7
18: Tilde sign (~) is not functioning in Mandriva 2009.0........... : 6
19: Start-up sound with 2009.0..................................... : 6
20: Split .avi file.............................................. .. : 6

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Problem with latest 2009.0 kernel desktop586-2.6.27-41mnb...... : 80
2: 2008.0 boot cannot find root partition......................... : 39
3: Broadcasting...................................... ............. : 32
4: AMD Quad Core AM2+ support in 2009.0........................... : 30
5: Flash Works in one location, not other, Same Laptop, ISP, etc.. : 26
6: Would Overwriting 2009.0 with Backups from 2008.1 work?........ : 23
7: Flash Works in one location, not other, Same Laptop, ISP, etc. : 21
8: hdd data speeds............................................ .... : 21
9: more Flash/Firefox problems to peruse.......................... : 21
10: FYI: new Firefox security update............................... : 21
11: UVC driver for 2008.1.......................................... : 20
12: Help - Can't upgrade from 2007 to 2009......................... : 17
13: 2009 missing Login button...................................... : 17
14: Almost everything segfaults.................................... : 16
15: Mdv 2008.1 and nVidia GeForce 9400 GT.......................... : 15
16: beagle............................................ ............. : 15
17: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 14
18: Best text based newsgroup client............................... : 13
19: HD Speed, etc. (new thread).................................... : 13
20: My Mandriva 2009 installation.................................. : 13

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Top 3 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.fan.mozilla................................... ............. : 2
2: alt.comp.lang.java................................ ............. : 2
3: alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ............. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode............................................. ............. : 18
2: Pan............................................... ............. : 15
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11...................................... : 7
4: slrn.............................................. ............. : 6
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 4
6: Unknown........................................... ............. : 3
7: G2................................................ ............. : 2
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows.................................. : 2
9: nn................................................ ............. : 2
10: Microsoft Mail 8.0.4509-dev.................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode............................................. ........ : 67 (23%)
2: Pan............................................... ........ : 59 (20%)
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11................................. : 50 (17%)
4: slrn.............................................. ........ : 45 (16%)
5: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 26 ( 9%)
6: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 16 ( 6%)
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows............................. : 8 ( 3%)
8: G2................................................ ........ : 4 ( 1%)
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11................................. : 3 ( 1%)
10: Outlook Express........................................... : 3 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 107
2: -0500.............................................. ............ : 70
3: -0600.............................................. ............ : 43
4: +0100............................................. ............. : 31
5: +1100............................................. ............. : 19
6: -0800.............................................. ............ : 11
7: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 4
8: .................................................. ............. : 1
9: -0400.............................................. ............ : 1
10: +1000............................................. ............. : 1

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