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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: 259 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Jan 2 21:25:08 2009
Latest article: Fri Jan 9 21:02:03 2009
Original articles: 35, replies: 224
Total size of posts: 731,159 bytes (714K) (0.70M)
Average 37 articles per day, 0.10 MB per day, 2,823 bytes per article
Total headers: 306 KB bodies: 407 KB
Body text - quoted: 168 KB, original: 213 KB = 55.98%, sigs: 24 KB
Total number of posters: 60, average 12,185 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 47, average 15,556 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 18

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 27
2: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 20
3: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 14
4: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 12
5: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 11
6: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 10
7: Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid>..................... ....... : 10
8: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 10
9: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 10
10: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 9
11: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 9
12: Web Dreamer <webdreamer@nospam.fr>............................ . : 8
13: Keith Lee <klee@nowhere.net>................................ ... : 8
14: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 6
15: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 6
16: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 6
17: wisdomkiller & pain <altnews.20.eatallspam@spamgourmet.com>.... : 5
18: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 5
19: DCampa <d.campa@skynet.be>............................... ...... : 5
20: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 5

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 68
2: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 55
3: DCampa <d.campa@skynet.be>............................... ...... : 49
4: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 41
5: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 37
6: Dale <dwinters6@verizon.net>........................... ........ : 35
7: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 31
8: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 25
9: Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid>..................... ....... : 24
10: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 24
11: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 24
12: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 24
13: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 20
14: Web Dreamer <webdreamer@nospam.fr>............................ . : 19
15: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 19
16: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 15
17: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 14
18: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 13
19: Keith Lee <klee@nowhere.net>................................ ... : 13
20: bobbie sellers <bliss@sfo.com>................................. : 11

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Top 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: DCampa <d.campa@skynet.be>............................... ...... : 90.90%
2: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 83.71%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 80.74%
4: wisdomkiller & pain <altnews.20.eatallspam@spamgourmet.com>.... : 71.63%
5: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 63.65%
6: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 59.78%
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 58.31%
8: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 57.04%
9: Keith Lee <klee@nowhere.net>................................ ... : 51.71%
10: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 51.28%
11: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 50.55%
12: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 48.33%
13: Web Dreamer <webdreamer@nospam.fr>............................ . : 41.42%
14: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 40.84%
15: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 38.04%
16: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 33.53%
17: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 29.58%
18: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 26.39%
19: Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid>..................... ....... : 25.41%
20: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 24.03%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid>......................... : 24.03%
2: Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid>..................... ....... : 25.41%
3: Jim Whitby <nospam@deesfantasyplace.com>..................... .. : 26.39%
4: Eric <erbenton@comcast.net>............................ ........ : 29.58%
5: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 33.53%
6: Wes Newell <w.newell@invalid.invalid>........................ .. : 38.04%
7: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 40.84%
8: Web Dreamer <webdreamer@nospam.fr>............................ . : 41.42%
9: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 48.33%
10: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 50.55%
11: Alan Secker <alan@asandco.co.uk>.............................. . : 51.28%
12: Keith Lee <klee@nowhere.net>................................ ... : 51.71%
13: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 57.04%
14: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 58.31%
15: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 59.78%
16: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 63.65%
17: wisdomkiller & pain <altnews.20.eatallspam@spamgourmet.com>.... : 71.63%
18: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 80.74%
19: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 83.71%
20: DCampa <d.campa@skynet.be>............................... ...... : 90.90%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: "Read Only File System"........................................ : 26
2: Xsane: inconsistent finding of scanner......................... : 17
3: no space left on device........................................ : 14
4: mp4 files............................................. ......... : 13
5: Partitioning External HD, etc.................................. : 13
6: Abyss server and Mandriva !.................................... : 11
7: Mandriva Can No Longer Claim... (cc to forum).................. : 10
8: UDF usage [SOLVED...NOT]....................................... : 9
9: xsession error's question's....lengthy......................... : 9
10: Opening up a konqueror window as Root.......................... : 8
11: Which DSL works well with Mandriva?............................ : 8
12: newbie: apache doesn't start on boot........................... : 8
13: partitions no longer recognised after upgrade to 2009.......... : 7
14: VirtualBox using high CPU...................................... : 7
15: Restoring corrupt Thunderbird files............................ : 7
16: Help! Ncurses eats characters.................................. : 6
17: 2009.0's chkrootkit going nutsoid.............................. : 5
18: Unable to access the internet.................................. : 5
19: gspca failed............................................ ....... : 5
20: question about memory usage.................................... : 4

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Partitioning External HD, etc.................................. : 84
2: "Read Only File System"........................................ : 74
3: mp4 files............................................. ......... : 66
4: xsession error's question's....lengthy......................... : 52
5: Xsane: inconsistent finding of scanner......................... : 35
6: no space left on device........................................ : 31
7: Mandriva Can No Longer Claim... (cc to forum).................. : 28
8: UDF usage [SOLVED...NOT]....................................... : 26
9: Abyss server and Mandriva !.................................... : 22
10: newbie: apache doesn't start on boot........................... : 14
11: partitions no longer recognised after upgrade to 2009.......... : 14
12: Which DSL works well with Mandriva?............................ : 14
13: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 14
14: 2009.0's chkrootkit going nutsoid.............................. : 14
15: gspca failed............................................ ....... : 13
16: Restoring corrupt Thunderbird files............................ : 12
17: Opening up a konqueror window as Root.......................... : 12
18: ready to blast PulseAudio, DBus/MessageBus, and Beagle......... : 12
19: VirtualBox using high CPU...................................... : 12
20: question about memory usage.................................... : 11

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Top 2 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.fan.mozilla................................... ............. : 7
2: alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ............. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode............................................. ............. : 14
2: Pan............................................... ............. : 12
3: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 5
4: Unknown........................................... ............. : 5
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11...................................... : 4
6: slrn.............................................. ............. : 4
7: G2................................................ ............. : 3
8: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (Windows.................................. : 2
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11...................................... : 2
10: Gnus.............................................. ............. : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode............................................. ........ : 86 (33%)
2: Pan............................................... ........ : 77 (30%)
3: slrn.............................................. ........ : 24 ( 9%)
4: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 15 ( 6%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 (X11................................. : 13 ( 5%)
6: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 10 ( 4%)
7: nn................................................ ........ : 5 ( 2%)
8: unknown........................................... ........ : 5 ( 2%)
9: Microsoft Mail 8.0.4509-dev............................... : 5 ( 2%)
10: G2................................................ ........ : 4 ( 2%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 85
2: +1100............................................. ............. : 39
3: +0100............................................. ............. : 38
4: -0800.............................................. ............ : 33
5: -0600.............................................. ............ : 28
6: -0500.............................................. ............ : 28
7: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 4
8: -0700.............................................. ............ : 3
9: +1030............................................. ............. : 1

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