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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: 220 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Feb 6 21:25:06 2009
Latest article: Fri Feb 13 21:02:02 2009
Original articles: 21, replies: 199
Total size of posts: 636,471 bytes (621K) (0.61M)
Average 31 articles per day, 0.09 MB per day, 2,893 bytes per article
Total headers: 309 KB bodies: 312 KB
Body text - quoted: 114 KB, original: 155 KB = 57.69%, sigs: 41 KB
Total number of posters: 50, average 12,729 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 37, average 17,201 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 15

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 25
2: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 24
3: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 21
4: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 16
5: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 15
6: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 13
7: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 12
8: faeychild <phobos@deimos.com>............................... ... : 10
9: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 9
10: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 7
11: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 5
12: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 5
13: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 4
14: Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>........................ .... : 3
15: Bob H <bob@despammer.com>............................... ....... : 3
16: Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us>........................ : 3
17: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 3
18: herman.viaene@thuis.be......................................... : 3
19: Reg/Linux <uraelf@shaw.ca>.................................. ... : 2
20: wordsmith <wordsmith@work.com>.............................. ... : 2

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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 89
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 68
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 55
4: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 48
5: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 47
6: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 35
7: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 33
8: faeychild <phobos@deimos.com>............................... ... : 26
9: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 26
10: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 16
11: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 16
12: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 14
13: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats <usenet@capuchin.co.uk>............ : 13
14: herman.viaene@thuis.be......................................... : 9
15: B Sellers <bliss@sfo.com>................................... ... : 8
16: Kevin the Drummer <nobody@cosgroves.us>........................ : 7
17: Bob H <bob@despammer.com>............................... ....... : 7
18: Aragorn <aragorn@chatfactory.invalid>..................... ..... : 7
19: Robert Riches <spamtrap42@verizon.net>........................ . : 7
20: Unruh <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 6

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Top 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Maurice Batey <maurice@nomail.afraid.org>..................... . : 81.65%
2: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 71.95%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 68.74%
4: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 68.00%
5: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 64.31%
6: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 55.36%
7: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 55.06%
8: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 51.06%
9: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 47.22%
10: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 46.40%
11: faeychild <phobos@deimos.com>............................... ... : 46.21%

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Bottom 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Doug Laidlaw <doug@dougshost.invalid>........................ .. : 34.13%
2: faeychild <phobos@deimos.com>............................... ... : 46.21%
3: Mark Madsen <mark.s.madsen+news@gmail.com>.................... . : 46.40%
4: Adam <adam@address.invalid>............................ ........ : 47.22%
5: "Daniel47@teranews.com" <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au>............ : 51.06%
6: "Peter D." <psd@live.home.invalid>........................... .. : 55.06%
7: ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 55.36%
8: Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com>...................... : 64.31%
9: Jim Beard <jdbeard@patriot.net>............................. ... : 68.00%
10: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org>............... : 68.74%
11: David Mathog <mathog@caltech.edu>............................ .. : 71.95%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Instalation problem was Re: Recording my Records............... : 30
2: Mouse Ergonomics, Backups, etc................................. : 26
3: Homeplug setup won't work in VirtualBox WinXP.................. : 19
4: hard drive light blinking...................................... : 17
5: Blinky the Shark RIP........................................... : 16
6: Is Mandriva the most user friendly Linux available?............ : 10
7: ATi 9250 for Mandriva ok? And max console width................ : 10
8: 2009.1 Beta is loading on the mirrors.......................... : 7
9: Swapping Reminisinces (was Re: Mouse Ergonomics, Backups, etc.) : 7
10: Dead keyboard in <user1> session, but not in <user2>! **HELP**. : 6
11: No bootloader showing on HD now................................ : 6
12: [OT] Linux Virus writing....................................... : 5
13: where can i see info on the exact date when i installed the OS? : 5
14: temperature monitor........................................... . : 5
15: DVD takes 10-20 seconds to be seen, eject -t doesn't help...... : 5
16: Logitech USB headset not always detected....................... : 5
17: dkms bites again - with a vengeance............................ : 4
18: KDE 3.5.10 storage media applet strange behaviour.............. : 4
19: Installing GNU Backgammon...................................... : 4
20: OSFAM Investments....................................... ....... : 3

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Mouse Ergonomics, Backups, etc................................. : 118
2: Instalation problem was Re: Recording my Records............... : 81
3: Homeplug setup won't work in VirtualBox WinXP.................. : 53
4: hard drive light blinking...................................... : 44
5: Swapping Reminisinces (was Re: Mouse Ergonomics, Backups, etc.) : 39
6: Blinky the Shark RIP........................................... : 30
7: ATi 9250 for Mandriva ok? And max console width................ : 22
8: Is Mandriva the most user friendly Linux available?............ : 20
9: Logitech USB headset not always detected....................... : 17
10: 2009.1 Beta is loading on the mirrors.......................... : 15
11: No bootloader showing on HD now................................ : 15
12: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 13
13: dkms bites again - with a vengeance............................ : 12
14: DVD takes 10-20 seconds to be seen, eject -t doesn't help...... : 10
15: Dead keyboard in <user1> session, but not in <user2>! **HELP**. : 10
16: temperature monitor........................................... . : 9
17: [OT] Linux Virus writing....................................... : 9
18: USR 56k faxmodem disconnects telephone......................... : 9
19: KDE 3.5.10 storage media applet strange behaviour.............. : 9
20: where can i see info on the exact date when i installed the OS? : 8

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

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode............................................. ............. : 11
2: Pan............................................... ............. : 8
3: slrn.............................................. ............. : 6
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11...................................... : 5
5: G2................................................ ............. : 4
6: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 3
7: Unknown........................................... ............. : 3
8: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 2
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11...................................... : 2
10: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11...................................... : 1

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: slrn.............................................. ........ : 56 (25%)
2: KNode............................................. ........ : 47 (21%)
3: Pan............................................... ........ : 29 (13%)
4: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 26 (12%)
5: Opera Mail.............................................. .. : 24 (11%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11................................. : 18 ( 8%)
7: G2................................................ ........ : 4 ( 2%)
8: unknown........................................... ........ : 4 ( 2%)
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows............................. : 3 ( 1%)
10: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 3 ( 1%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................... ............. : 70
2: -0500.............................................. ............ : 47
3: +1100............................................. ............. : 43
4: -0600.............................................. ............ : 26
5: +0100............................................. ............. : 18
6: -0800.............................................. ............ : 8
7: -0800 (PST)............................................. ....... : 4
8: -0700.............................................. ............ : 2
9: +1300............................................. ............. : 1
10: +1030............................................. ............. : 1

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