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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: 155 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Dec 5 21:25:07 2008
Latest article: Fri Dec 12 21:02:02 2008
Original articles: 30, replies: 125
Total size of posts: 415,358 bytes (405K) (0.40M)
Average 22 articles per day, 0.06 MB per day, 2,679 bytes per article
Total headers: 191 KB bodies: 214 KB
Body text - quoted: 70 KB, original: 116 KB = 62.17%, sigs: 26 KB
Total number of posters: 48, average 8,653 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 44, average 9,439 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 13

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 13
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 12
3: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 10
4: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 10
5: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 8
6: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 7
7: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 7
8: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 6
9: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 5
10: Dale <dwinters6@verizon.net>........................... ........ : 5
11: BW <bwhiting@cfl.rr.com>............................. .......... : 5
12: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 4
13: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 4
14: Patrick Phillips <patrickp@prodigy.NOT>........................ : 3
15: none <""office\"@(none)">.............................. ........ : 3
16: TJ <TJ@invalid.invalid>.............................. .......... : 3
17: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 3
18: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>........... .... : 3
19: Aardvark <aardvark@youllnever.know>........................ .... : 3
20: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 3

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 43
2: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 41
3: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 25
4: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 23
5: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 22
6: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 21
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 20
8: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 16
9: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 13
10: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 12
11: Dale <dwinters6@verizon.net>........................... ........ : 12
12: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 9
13: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 9
14: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 8
15: Peter Perkins <retepsni@tpg.com.au>........................... . : 7
16: BW <bwhiting@cfl.rr.com>............................. .......... : 7
17: Paul Brennan <pc.brennan1@ntlworld.com>...................... .. : 6
18: freemont <freemontspammenot@freemontsoffice.com>........... .... : 6
19: Aardvark <aardvark@youllnever.know>........................ .... : 6
20: Patrick Phillips <patrickp@prodigy.NOT>........................ : 6

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Top 10 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 95.68%
2: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 92.54%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 71.56%
4: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 71.03%
5: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 68.88%
6: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 59.91%
7: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 59.23%
8: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 48.61%
9: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 41.58%
10: BW <bwhiting@cfl.rr.com>............................. .......... : 40.56%

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Bottom 10 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Dale <dwinters6@verizon.net>........................... ........ : 23.74%
2: BW <bwhiting@cfl.rr.com>............................. .......... : 40.56%
3: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 41.58%
4: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 48.61%
5: faeychild <phobos@deimos.invalid>........................... ... : 59.23%
6: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 59.91%
7: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 68.88%
8: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 71.03%
9: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 71.56%
10: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 92.54%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: HD Speed, etc............................................... ... : 14
2: Add Links to Application on Desktop in KDE4.................... : 11
3: Is 2009 konqueror faulty....................................... : 9
4: 2009 and codecs............................................ .... : 9
5: Cant remove file:///mnt/backup/.Trash-0........................ : 8
6: Grub and booting a second linux OS............................. : 7
7: Using 2009.0 MBR GRUB from /dev/hdb in /dev/hda................ : 7
8: kde 4 + Quanta updates......................................... : 6
9: Unconventional fix for missing java in Firefox 3.0.4........... : 6
10: config file manager in 2008.1.................................. : 5
11: sane.............................................. ............. : 4
12: Mandriva 2009 - website loading problem........................ : 4
13: Trying to mount USB stick...................................... : 4
14: Is there a Dolphin killer?..................................... : 4
15: Linux compatible webcams....................................... : 4
16: where is Mandriva 2008.1 hiding "load module amd74xx"????...... : 4
17: 2009.0: No 'own slideshow' option for screensaver?............. : 3
18: Getting X server version....................................... : 3
19: USB problems on HP 1125 notebook. ............................. : 3
20: Missing Wireless Options....................................... : 3

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: HD Speed, etc............................................... ... : 64
2: Is 2009 konqueror faulty....................................... : 33
3: Cant remove file:///mnt/backup/.Trash-0........................ : 23
4: Add Links to Application on Desktop in KDE4.................... : 20
5: 2009 and codecs............................................ .... : 17
6: Grub and booting a second linux OS............................. : 15
7: Using 2009.0 MBR GRUB from /dev/hdb in /dev/hda................ : 15
8: Cant get Mandriva 2009 to read DVD............................. : 14
9: kde 4 + Quanta updates......................................... : 13
10: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 13
11: where is Mandriva 2008.1 hiding "load module amd74xx"????...... : 12
12: Unconventional fix for missing java in Firefox 3.0.4........... : 12
13: Trying to mount USB stick...................................... : 11
14: config file manager in 2008.1.................................. : 11
15: Microsoft-free Desktop......................................... : 9
16: Mandriva 2009 - website loading problem........................ : 8
17: USB problems on HP 1125 notebook. ............................. : 8
18: Linux compatible webcams....................................... : 7
19: empty /proc/acpi_thermal_zone................................. . : 7
20: 2009.0: "Malformed URL trash:/"................................ : 6

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Top 1 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ............. : 4

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode............................................. ............. : 17
2: Pan............................................... ............. : 8
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11...................................... : 5
4: G2................................................ ............. : 4
5: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 4
6: slrn.............................................. ............. : 3
7: Gnus.............................................. ............. : 1
8: nn................................................ ............. : 1
9: Opera Mail.............................................. ....... : 1
10: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode............................................. ........ : 54 (35%)
2: Pan............................................... ........ : 26 (17%)
3: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 20 (13%)
4: slrn.............................................. ........ : 17 (11%)
5: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 12 ( 8%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11................................. : 11 ( 7%)
7: G2................................................ ........ : 6 ( 4%)
8: nn................................................ ........ : 2 ( 1%)
9: Outlook Express........................................... : 2 ( 1%)
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11................................. : 1 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 55
2: -0500.............................................. ............ : 41
3: +1100............................................. ............. : 20
4: -0800.............................................. ............ : 12
5: +0100............................................. ............. : 10
6: -0600.............................................. ............ : 7
7: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 6
8: -0400.............................................. ............ : 3
9: +1030............................................. ............. : 1

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