Stats comp.os.linux.misc (last 7 days)


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 25 45.9 John-Paul Stewart jpstewart@binaryfoundry.c
2 13 49.0 Unruh unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca
3 11 44.8 Bit Twister BitTwister@mouse-potato.c
4 11 22.1 howa howachen@gmail.com
5 9 22.9 Dances With Crows danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@g
6 9 22.4 Jean-David Beyer jeandavid8@verizon.net
7 9 20.1 General Schvantzkoph schvantzkoph@yahoo.com
8 8 21.5 sk8terg1rl sk8terg1rl_2006@yahoo.co.
9 8 17.7 Dan Espen daneNO@MORE.mk.SPAMtelcor
10 8 17.2 Mike housing2006@gmail.com
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111 283.6 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
175 posters
475 articles
1162.8 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
5.7% of the posters
23.4% of the articles
24.4% of the bytes

Averages:
2.7 articles / poster
2.4 kbytes / article
6.6 kbytes / poster

85 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 148 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
48.6% of the posters
31.2% of the articles
31.2% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
32 90.2 Size of /home partition
24 95.8 Problem with Cable Moden & Router.
20 31.1 country specific google
19 41.3 Is there a GUI program for ripping movie DVDs
17 34.3 Remote delete files?
14 27.6 Mail Client to Check POP 3 Mail on Server?
13 30.5 Distro suggestions :-)
13 24.7 Strange LCD monitor experience
12 37.0 help me solve a problem in converting a non-parallel program in
11 42.4 abuntu edgy: video players strange behaviour

475 articles on 97 subjects
403 were followups (84.8%)
25 were crossposts (5.3%)

1162.0 kbytes total
headers: 521.7kb 44.9%
quoted text: 264.4kb 22.8%
original text: 352.5kb 30.3%
signatures: 23.4kb 2.0%

Averages:
4.9 articles / subject
2.4 kbytes / article
12.0 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 42 ****
Tuesday 50 *****
Wednesday 72 *******
Thursday 83 ********
Friday 81 ********
Saturday 68 ******
Sunday 79 *******
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
117 (24.6%) g2 49 28.0%
76 (16.0%) slrn 23 13.1%
39 (8.2%) thunderbird 19 10.9%
35 (7.4%) pan 13 7.4%
32 (6.7%) gnus 8 4.6%
31 (6.5%) knode 19 10.9%
26 (5.5%) microsoft 9 5.1%
25 (5.3%) icedove 1 0.6%
16 (3.4%) tin 5 2.9%
14 (2.9%) mozilla 5 2.9%

24 different newsreader have been used (versions unaccounted).

DISCLAIMER
Please, take the stats with a dash of salt,
quantity might not always imply quality.

Have a lot of fun...