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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: 230 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Nov 28 21:25:08 2008
Latest article: Fri Dec 5 20:25:02 2008
Original articles: 30, replies: 200
Total size of posts: 562,910 bytes (549K) (0.54M)
Average 32 articles per day, 0.08 MB per day, 2,447 bytes per article
Total headers: 290 KB bodies: 259 KB
Body text - quoted: 88 KB, original: 150 KB = 63.05%, sigs: 18 KB
Total number of posters: 59, average 9,540 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 45, average 12,509 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: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 33
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 25
3: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 16
4: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 15
5: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 15
6: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 13
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 8
8: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 7
9: George Czerw <noone@nowhere.net>............................. .. : 6
10: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 5
11: Web Dreamer <webdreamer@nospam.fr>............................ . : 4
12: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>........... .... : 4
13: Eric <eric-news@xs4all.nl>................................... .. : 3
14: Christopher Hunter <cehunter@invalid.inv>...................... : 3
15: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket@config.com>......................... : 3
16: Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us>........................ : 3
17: Warren <warren@copaninvest.com>.......................... ...... : 3
18: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 3
19: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 3
20: Amrein-Marie Christophe <xxx@freesurf.fr>...................... : 3

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 60
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 53
3: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 42
4: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 41
5: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 40
6: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 37
7: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 32
8: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 28
9: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 27
10: George Czerw <noone@nowhere.net>............................. .. : 14
11: Christopher Hunter <cehunter@invalid.inv>...................... : 10
12: Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us>........................ : 9
13: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 8
14: Web Dreamer <webdreamer@nospam.fr>............................ . : 8
15: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>........... .... : 7
16: Eric <eric-news@xs4all.nl>................................... .. : 6
17: Warren <warren@copaninvest.com>.......................... ...... : 6
18: Peaceful Bill <snails.pace@highspeedturtles.net>.............. . : 6
19: Allodoxaphobia <bit-bucket@config.com>......................... : 6
20: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 5

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Top 9 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 81.69%
2: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 80.83%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 74.07%
4: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 71.64%
5: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 65.56%
6: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 61.67%
7: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 49.09%
8: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 44.36%
9: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 34.91%

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Bottom 9 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: George Czerw <noone@nowhere.net>............................. .. : 30.22%
2: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 34.91%
3: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 44.36%
4: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 49.09%
5: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 61.67%
6: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 65.56%
7: stef <notvalid@nomail.nul>............................. ........ : 71.64%
8: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 74.07%
9: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 80.83%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Using 2009.0 MBR GRUB from /dev/hdb in /dev/hda................ : 38
2: HD Speed, etc............................................... ... : 21
3: 2009.0: Switch to User2 is Ctl+Alt+F9, not F8.................. : 20
4: FYI 2.0.6 VirtualBox released.................................. : 11
5: kernel compiler.......................................... ...... : 8
6: Best PC parts for Linux?....................................... : 8
7: Can't change owner as root..................................... : 8
8: Adam Williamson getting sacked................................. : 7
9: cant send emails with kmail in mandriva 2009. Error message:... : 7
10: Change of inode size for ext3 after 2008.0..................... : 6
11: KDE 4.1.3 for 2009.0........................................... : 6
12: Setting SMB workgroup name?.................................... : 6
13: Locale characters invalid in UTF-8?............................ : 5
14: Evolution segfaulting after update............................. : 5
15: 64-bit versus 32-bit - the facts............................... : 5
16: Practical difference between su and 'su -'..................... : 5
17: Removing install DVD rpms...................................... : 4
18: FYI: jre java plugin 6.0.11 released........................... : 4
19: memory reporting......................................... ...... : 4
20: config file manager in 2008.1.................................. : 4

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: HD Speed, etc............................................... ... : 92
2: Using 2009.0 MBR GRUB from /dev/hdb in /dev/hda................ : 86
3: 2009.0: Switch to User2 is Ctl+Alt+F9, not F8.................. : 46
4: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 28
5: FYI 2.0.6 VirtualBox released.................................. : 19
6: Can't change owner as root..................................... : 19
7: cant send emails with kmail in mandriva 2009. Error message:... : 18
8: 64-bit versus 32-bit - the facts............................... : 16
9: Adam Williamson getting sacked................................. : 15
10: kernel compiler.......................................... ...... : 13
11: Best PC parts for Linux?....................................... : 12
12: KDE 4.1.3 for 2009.0........................................... : 11
13: Evolution segfaulting after update............................. : 11
14: Practical difference between su and 'su -'..................... : 11
15: Change of inode size for ext3 after 2008.0..................... : 10
16: Setting SMB workgroup name?.................................... : 10
17: memory reporting......................................... ...... : 8
18: config file manager in 2008.1.................................. : 8
19: Locale characters invalid in UTF-8?............................ : 8
20: losing Kmail setting on upgrade to 2009??...................... : 7

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Top 1 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ............. : 2

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: Pan............................................... ............. : 18
2: KNode............................................. ............. : 12
3: slrn.............................................. ............. : 6
4: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 5
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11...................................... : 5
6: G2................................................ ............. : 4
7: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 2
8: Microsoft Mail 8.0.4509-dev.................................... : 1
9: Opera Mail.............................................. ....... : 1
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows.................................. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: Pan............................................... ........ : 65 (28%)
2: KNode............................................. ........ : 49 (21%)
3: slrn.............................................. ........ : 33 (14%)
4: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 25 (11%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11................................. : 22 (10%)
6: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 18 ( 8%)
7: G2................................................ ........ : 6 ( 3%)
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows............................. : 3 ( 1%)
9: PMINews 2.00.1205 For OS.................................. : 2 ( 1%)
10: unknown........................................... ........ : 2 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 91
2: -0500.............................................. ............ : 57
3: +0100............................................. ............. : 25
4: +1100............................................. ............. : 24
5: -0600.............................................. ............ : 21
6: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 6
7: -0800.............................................. ............ : 2
8: -0400.............................................. ............ : 2
9: +0100 (CET)............................................. ....... : 2

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