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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: 211 over 7 days
Earliest article: Fri Nov 20 21:25:06 2009
Latest article: Fri Nov 27 20:02:03 2009
Original articles: 31, replies: 180
Total size of posts: 595,820 bytes (581K) (0.57M)
Average 30 articles per day, 0.08 MB per day, 2,823 bytes per article
Total headers: 251 KB bodies: 329 KB
Body text - quoted: 120 KB, original: 147 KB = 55.11%, sigs: 60 KB
Total number of posters: 59, average 10,098 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 47, average 12,677 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: Alan Secker ............................... : 19
2: Jim Beard ................................ : 16
3: Bit Twister ...................... : 14
4: Maurice Batey ...................... : 12
5: Unruh .............................. : 12
6: Robert Riches ......................... : 10
7: "David W. Hodgins" ............... : 9
8: Amrein-Marie Christophe ...................... : 9
9: evodawg ................................... : 7
10: Dave Farrance ........ : 6
11: "Peter D." ................................. : 5
12: Doug Laidlaw ............................ : 5
13: Adam .................................... : 4
14: Dan C ............................ : 4
15: Reg/Linux ..................................... : 4
16: Keith .................................. : 4
17: TJ .................................... : 4
18: Eric .......................... : 4
19: Aragorn .......................... : 4
20: Jerry Heyman ................................. : 3
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Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
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1: Bit Twister ...................... : 60
2: Jim Beard ................................ : 54
3: Unruh .............................. : 47
4: Alan Secker ............................... : 40
5: "Peter D." ................................. : 34
6: Robert Riches ......................... : 29
7: Aragorn .......................... : 24
8: Adam .................................... : 21
9: "David W. Hodgins" ............... : 18
10: Maurice Batey ...................... : 18
11: TJ .................................... : 16
12: Amrein-Marie Christophe ...................... : 15
13: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats ............ : 15
14: ibuprofin DeleteThis @painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 13
15: evodawg ................................... : 13
16: Dave Farrance ........ : 11
17: Doug Laidlaw ............................ : 10
18: Eric .......................... : 8
19: Dan C ............................ : 8
20: "Scott B." ............................ : 7
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Top 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: Maurice Batey ...................... : 81.86%
2: Dave Farrance ........ : 70.56%
3: Unruh .............................. : 62.68%
4: Doug Laidlaw ............................ : 62.00%
5: Bit Twister ...................... : 61.07%
6: "David W. Hodgins" ............... : 60.63%
7: Alan Secker ............................... : 45.67%
8: Jim Beard ................................ : 45.39%
9: Amrein-Marie Christophe ...................... : 41.00%
10: Robert Riches ......................... : 34.71%
11: "Peter D." ................................. : 33.99%
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Bottom 11 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
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1: evodawg ................................... : 31.28%
2: "Peter D." ................................. : 33.99%
3: Robert Riches ......................... : 34.71%
4: Amrein-Marie Christophe ...................... : 41.00%
5: Jim Beard ................................ : 45.39%
6: Alan Secker ............................... : 45.67%
7: "David W. Hodgins" ............... : 60.63%
8: Bit Twister ...................... : 61.07%
9: Doug Laidlaw ............................ : 62.00%
10: Unruh .............................. : 62.68%
11: Dave Farrance ........ : 70.56%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Is 64 bit Man 2010 Ready for PrimeTime?........................ : 23
2: Mandriva 2010 - network problems............................... : 16
3: password expires in 217 years.................................. : 14
4: Scary: 2010.0 MandrivaUpdate deletes unrelated packages without : 11
5: 2010.0 good to go?............................................. : 11
6: 2010.0 kernel and init script issues........................... : 10
7: lost the KDE4 desktop.......................................... : 9
8: mysql permissions.............................................. : 8
9: Scary: 2010.0 MandrivaUpdate deletes unrelated packages without : 7
10: webcam no longer found by Skype................................ : 7
11: 2010.0 Powerpack - initial puzzles............................. : 7
12: O.T. Dropbox................................................... : 7
13: Printing from 64-bit 2010 ..................................... : 5
14: Explication of /var/log/message failed messages?............... : 5
15: Screen background ('Splash screen') in 2010.0.................. : 5
16: Rpmdrake fails................................................. : 5
17: New to wireless-well, that didn't work......................... : 5
18: 2.6.31 kernel on 2009.1 - Virtualbox missing................... : 4
19: newsgroups..................................................... : 4
20: k3b beta?...................................................... : 4
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Mandriva 2010 - network problems............................... : 54
2: mysql permissions.............................................. : 53
3: Is 64 bit Man 2010 Ready for PrimeTime?........................ : 47
4: Explication of /var/log/message failed messages?............... : 35
5: 2010.0 kernel and init script issues........................... : 35
6: Scary: 2010.0 MandrivaUpdate deletes unrelated packages without : 31
7: Scary: 2010.0 MandrivaUpdate deletes unrelated packages without : 29
8: password expires in 217 years.................................. : 27
9: 2010.0 good to go?............................................. : 21
10: New to wireless-well, that didn't work......................... : 19
11: lost the KDE4 desktop.......................................... : 19
12: OT: Time Zones and Medicine (was: My first cron job)........... : 16
13: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandriva........................... : 15
14: O.T. Dropbox................................................... : 13
15: Backup recommendations......................................... : 12
16: webcam no longer found by Skype................................ : 11
17: Printing from 64-bit 2010 ..................................... : 11
18: 2010.0 Powerpack - initial puzzles............................. : 10
19: Unable to compile Vmware Server's vmmon module................. : 9
20: Screen background ('Splash screen') in 2010.0.................. : 9
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Top 1 cross-posted groups
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1: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 1
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: KNode.......................................................... : 15
2: Pan............................................................ : 10
3: slrn........................................................... : 8
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11...................................... : 5
5: G2............................................................. : 4
6: Unknown........................................................ : 3
7: Forte Agent.................................................... : 2
8: Mozilla........................................................ : 2
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11...................................... : 1
10: NewsTap........................................................ : 1
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: KNode..................................................... : 68 (32%)
2: slrn...................................................... : 34 (16%)
3: Pan....................................................... : 27 (13%)
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11................................. : 25 (12%)
5: nn........................................................ : 12 ( 6%)
6: Opera Mail................................................ : 9 ( 4%)
7: Forte Agent............................................... : 7 ( 3%)
8: G2........................................................ : 6 ( 3%)
9: unknown................................................... : 5 ( 2%)
10: Mozilla................................................... : 5 ( 2%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ : 104
2: -0500.......................................................... : 39
3: -0800.......................................................... : 20
4: +0100.......................................................... : 19
5: +1100.......................................................... : 11
6: -0600.......................................................... : 6
7: -0800 (PST).................................................... : 6
8: -0700.......................................................... : 5
9: ............................................................... : 1
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