GroupSTAT: Advanced Newsgroup Statistics Program
Version 0.12.1 (using News::Scan)

Copyleft (C) 2000 H. Alex LaHurreau
Based on StatNews, Copyleft (C) 1998 Davide G. M. Salvetti

Newsgroup.................: alt.os.linux.slackware
Stats Were Taken..........: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 18:30:02 GMT
Stats Begin...............: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 18:42:38 GMT
Stats End.................: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 17:38:47 GMT
Days......................: 7
Total No. of Articles.....: 604
Total No. of Characters...: 1370280
Total Volume..............: 1338
Messages Per Day..........: 86.3
Characters Per Day........: 195754.3
Average Daily Volume......: 191 kB
Total Posters This Period.: 195
Messages with Sigs........: 36.09%
Original Content Rating...: 62.22%

Top 25 Prolific Posters: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share
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1. Menno Duursma.....................................: 27 3.9 4.5%
2. A-B C.............................................: 22 3.1 3.6%
3. John Gabriele.....................................: 21 3.0 3.5%
4. /Dev/Rob0.........................................: 19 2.7 3.1%
5. Alan Hicks........................................: 17 2.4 2.8%
6. Guy Macon.........................................: 16 2.3 2.6%
7. garbagedisposal................................... : 14 2.0 2.3%
8. Ron Gibson........................................: 12 1.7 2.0%
9. Steve Youngs......................................: 12 1.7 2.0%
10. richand2002....................................... : 12 1.7 2.0%
11. Eef Hartman.......................................: 11 1.6 1.8%
12. Jacob Tranholm....................................: 11 1.6 1.8%
13. Mark Hill.........................................: 10 1.4 1.7%
14. Floyd L . Davidson................................: 9 1.3 1.5%
15. Jim............................................... : 9 1.3 1.5%
16. Sylvain Robitaille................................: 9 1.3 1.5%
17. Thomas Overgaard..................................: 9 1.3 1.5%
18. SuperDaemon....................................... : 8 1.1 1.3%
19. Chris F.A. Johnson................................: 7 1.0 1.2%
20. Matthew Robinson..................................: 7 1.0 1.2%
21. Naota Hashimoto...................................: 7 1.0 1.2%
22. Ori Bernstein.....................................: 7 1.0 1.2%
23. nmp............................................... : 7 1.0 1.2%
24. Spacey............................................ : 7 1.0 1.2%
25. Clifford Kite.....................................: 6 0.9 1.0%

Top 25 Bandwidth-Slurping Posters: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share
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1. John Gabriele.....................................: 78 11.3 5.9%
2. Menno Duursma.....................................: 62 8.9 4.7%
3. /Dev/Rob0.........................................: 48 6.9 3.6%
4. Steve Youngs......................................: 41 6.0 3.1%
5. Alan Hicks........................................: 41 5.9 3.1%
6. A-B C.............................................: 40 5.8 3.1%
7. Guy Macon.........................................: 34 5.0 2.6%
8. Ron Gibson........................................: 29 4.3 2.2%
9. garbagedisposal................................... : 26 3.7 1.9%
10. Floyd L . Davidson................................: 25 3.6 1.9%
11. Clifford Kite.....................................: 23 3.4 1.8%
12. Matthew Robinson..................................: 23 3.4 1.8%
13. richand2002....................................... : 23 3.3 1.7%
14. Eef Hartman.......................................: 22 3.3 1.7%
15. Jacob Tranholm....................................: 20 3.0 1.6%
16. Walt R............................................: 20 2.9 1.5%
17. Mark Hill.........................................: 19 2.8 1.5%
18. Chris F.A. Johnson................................: 18 2.7 1.4%
19. Sylvain Robitaille................................: 18 2.7 1.4%
20. Jim............................................... : 17 2.5 1.3%
21. Jm................................................ : 16 2.4 1.2%
22. Spacey............................................ : 16 2.3 1.2%
23. Phrag............................................. : 15 2.2 1.2%
24. Naota Hashimoto...................................: 14 2.1 1.1%
25. SuperDaemon....................................... : 14 2.1 1.1%

Top 25 Popular Threads: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share
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1. Tips, Tricks and favorites........................: 27 3.9 4.5%
2. Why is compiling a kernel 'better'?...............: 23 3.3 3.8%
3. what does COMPILE mean?...........................: 23 3.3 3.8%
4. hopefully simple ppp dns or routing problem on Sla: 21 3.0 3.5%
5. What should be in /etc/HOSTNAME...................: 19 2.7 3.1%
6. slack, help with simple ppp dialup................: 16 2.3 2.6%
7. Slackware Current Install.........................: 15 2.1 2.5%
8. OT: Do I need Win to activate SBC-yahoo DSL.......: 14 2.0 2.3%
9. Real Player 8 for Slackware 9.1...................: 13 1.9 2.2%
10. gnucash (again!) with Slackware...................: 13 1.9 2.2%
11. Slackware Founder announces retirement!!! (www.use: 12 1.7 2.0%
12. newsreader stats..................................: 12 1.7 2.0%
13. Upgrade KDE issues???.............................: 11 1.6 1.8%
14. What fles for minimal gnome are needed?...........: 11 1.6 1.8%
15. Another DSL quesiton: adding second user..........: 10 1.4 1.7%
16. Bad looking fonts in Firefox......................: 10 1.4 1.7%
17. making the ls command my bitch....................: 10 1.4 1.7%
18. Help with ZipSlack................................: 9 1.3 1.5%
19. Thinking About Slack..............................: 9 1.3 1.5%
20. KDM problems......................................: 8 1.1 1.3%
21. Slack Current + Enlightenment Problem.............: 8 1.1 1.3%
22. What executes the "profile" script?...............: 8 1.1 1.3%
23. What kernel is in the slackware - current? 2.4 or : 8 1.1 1.3%
24. help with Konqueror file browsing annoyance.......: 8 1.1 1.3%
25. 2nd hard disk setup...............................: 7 1.0 1.2%

Top 25 Bandwidth-Slurping Threads: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share
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1. hopefully simple ppp dns or routing problem on Sla: 98 14.0 7.3%
2. what does COMPILE mean?...........................: 64 9.3 4.8%
3. Tips, Tricks and favorites........................: 59 8.4 4.4%
4. What should be in /etc/HOSTNAME...................: 56 8.1 4.3%
5. Why is compiling a kernel 'better'?...............: 52 7.6 4.0%
6. slack, help with simple ppp dialup................: 40 5.7 3.0%
7. newsreader stats..................................: 37 5.3 2.8%
8. OT: Do I need Win to activate SBC-yahoo DSL.......: 31 4.5 2.4%
9. Slackware Current Install.........................: 26 3.8 2.0%
10. gnucash (again!) with Slackware...................: 26 3.7 2.0%
11. USB Mass Storage [SD Card Reader].................: 25 3.6 1.9%
12. Another DSL quesiton: adding second user..........: 24 3.6 1.9%
13. What fles for minimal gnome are needed?...........: 24 3.5 1.8%
14. Help with ZipSlack................................: 23 3.4 1.8%
15. Upgrade KDE issues???.............................: 20 3.0 1.6%
16. making the ls command my bitch....................: 20 3.0 1.6%
17. Thinking About Slack..............................: 20 2.9 1.5%
18. Real Player 8 for Slackware 9.1...................: 20 2.9 1.5%
19. Slackware Founder announces retirement!!! (www.use: 19 2.8 1.5%
20. XF86Config refresh rate...........................: 19 2.8 1.4%
21. help with Konqueror file browsing annoyance.......: 17 2.5 1.3%
22. Asus A7N8X - E motherboard and Slackware..........: 17 2.5 1.3%
23. Bad looking fonts in Firefox......................: 16 2.4 1.3%
24. KDM problems......................................: 16 2.3 1.2%
25. What executes the "profile" script?...............: 16 2.3 1.2%

Top 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (All Bytes)
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1. Matthew Robinson.......................................... : 100.0%
2. Kazuo............................................. ........: 87.9%
3. Alan Hicks............................................. ...: 87.1%
4. Samuel Winchenbach....................................... .: 84.6%
5. Mark Hill.............................................. ...: 80.3%
6. Sylvain Robitaille........................................ : 76.6%
7. Ron Gibson............................................ ....: 76.5%
8. SuperDaemon....................................... ........: 74.0%
9. Ddtl.............................................. ........: 73.5%
10. /Dev/Rob0.............................................. ...: 73.5%

Bottom 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (All Bytes)
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1. Spacey............................................ ........: 23.2%
2. Jm................................................ ........: 27.0%
3. Chris F.A. Johnson........................................: 27.2%
4. Rich Grise............................................. ...: 34.5%
5. Michael Black............................................. : 34.6%
6. Jim............................................... ........: 41.8%
7. Jealous Xmp............................................... : 42.4%
8. richand2002....................................... ........: 45.4%
9. Steve Youngs............................................ ..: 46.2%
10. Naota Hashimoto......................................... ..: 46.3%

Top 10 Crossposting Groups: Posts in Group
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1. comp.os.linux.misc................................ ...........: 24
2. comp.os.linux.networking.......................... ...........: 21
3. alt.os.linux.suse................................. ...........: 4
4. alt.os.linux.turbolinux........................... ...........: 4
5. alt.os.linux.mandrake............................. ...........: 3
6. alt.os.linux.storm................................ ...........: 3
7. alt.os.free-dos..............................................: 2
8. alt.os.freedows................................... ...........: 2
9. alt.os.linux...................................... ...........: 2
10. alt.os.linux.caldera.............................. ...........: 2

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End of stats for alt.os.linux.slackware

On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 04:32:43 +1000,
stats@abnormalpenguin.com <stats@abnormalpenguin.com> wrote:

[snip]

Newsreader stats for this week:


Total number of posts: 698

Summary of newsreaders used, sorted by number of posts:
================================================== =====

Mozilla 127
Pan 121
slrn 107
KNode 91
Unknown 47
Microsoft Outlook Express 42
Gnus 33
tin 31
Forte Agent 24
Google 24
newsSync 9
nn 9
40tude 6
Xnews 6
AOL 5
ProNews 5
Sylpheed 3
knews 3
MT-NewsWatcher 1
Newspost 1
mutt 1
pine 1
trn 1

Newsreaders used, on a version by version basis: (Top 15)
================================================== =======

Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cle 67
slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) 57
KNode/0.7.2 48
Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table) 34
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 29
slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) 28
KNode/0.7.7 25
http://groups.google.com 24
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; 21
KNode/0.7.6 17
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/2 17
Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Thro 13
tin/1.6.1-20030810 ("Mingulay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.22 (i 12
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; da-DK; rv:1.6) Gecko/2 11
Gnus/5.090024 (Oort Gnus v0.24) XEmacs/21.5 (chayote, l 10


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