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

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 02/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:03:39 +0100

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

Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
   1 19 44.9 Nico Kadel-Garcia nkadel@comcast.net
   2 11 25.7 Michael Heiming michael+USENET@www.heimin
   3 9 11.9 mjt mjtobler@removethis_mail.
   4 7 15.4 Nick Ballard nrballardco@yahoo.com
   5 7 12.1 zalzon zalzonishappy@zalll.com
   6 7 10.6 Laurenz Albe albe@culturallNOSPAM.com
   7 6 26.9 Peter Brand noone@nowhere.net
   8 6 16.4 Jean-David Beyer jdbeyer@exit109.com
   9 6 12.4 Bill Unruh unruh@string.physics.ubc.
  10 6 8.2 Bill Marcum bmarcum@iglou.com.urgent
       --- -----
        84 184.4 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
  120 posters
  260 articles
  550.8 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
  8.3% of the posters
 32.3% of the articles
 33.5% of the bytes

Averages:
  2.2 articles / poster
  2.1 kbytes / article
  4.6 kbytes / poster

76 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 125 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
   63.3% of the posters
   48.1% of the articles
   44.5% of the bytes

Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
 20 43.7 Later Red Hat can't install on earlier machines?
 15 30.3 Newbie problem with WinXP/Suse9.0 dual boot
 13 31.4 Can't configure X11 correctly in SUSE 9.2
 10 22.8 1024 cyl problem
  9 24.0 Multi boot problem with Mandrake 9.1 and 10.1
  9 16.4 Where can I buy Suse 9.2 Cds on the cheap
  8 14.0 Differences of Debian Distro's?
  8 13.1 Problems installing Oracle 9i (9.2.0.4.0) Client on Linux Fedor
  8 11.7 Where to get Suse 9.2 Pro?
  7 22.6 Upgraded RH7.2 to FC1, but lost sendmail and lpr

260 articles on 81 subjects
  199 were followups (76.5%)
  44 were crossposts (16.9%)

550.4 kbytes total
  headers: 262.1kb 47.6%
  quoted text: 103.3kb 18.8%
  original text: 174.2kb 31.7%
  signatures: 10.7kb 2.0%

Averages:
  3.2 articles / subject
  2.1 kbytes / article
  6.8 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
  Monday 67 ******
  Tuesday 35 ***
  Wednesday 32 ***
  Thursday 42 ****
  Friday 37 ***
  Saturday 34 ***
  Sunday 13 *
                 (*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
  42 (16.2%) g2 28 23.3%
  36 (13.8%) mozilla 17 14.2%
  35 (13.5%) microsoft 7 5.8%
  27 (10.4%) tin 7 5.8%
  25 (9.6%) knode 14 11.7%
  24 (9.2%) pan 17 14.2%
  15 (5.8%) slrn 9 7.5%
  11 (4.2%) forte 3 2.5%
   7 (2.7%) nn 2 1.7%
   6 (2.3%) sylpheed-claws 3 2.5%

19 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...

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