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


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 5 11.0 Charlie Gibbs cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid
2 4 19.1 JM j@ver.net
3 3 11.4 Matt Giwer jull43@tampabay.REMover.r
4 3 6.6 Chris Cox ccox_nopenothis@airmail.n
5 2 27.7 FAQ (bi-weekly) comp.os.linux.setup-FAQ@w
6 2 26.9 jayjwa jayjwa@vdrl.ath.cx.invali
7 2 8.8 The Natural Philosopher a@b.c
8 2 6.2 Doug Mitton doug_mitton@hotmail.x.com
9 2 5.4 Masroor mmasroorali@cse.buet.ac.b
10 2 4.0 Doug Freyburger dfreybur@yahoo.com
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27 127.1 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
28 posters
48 articles
171.6 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
35.7% of the posters
56.2% of the articles
74.1% of the bytes

Averages:
1.7 articles / poster
3.6 kbytes / article
6.1 kbytes / poster

1 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 1 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
3.6% of the posters
2.1% of the articles
0.9% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
25 71.3 does Linux have a registry?
6 12.6 Finding and installing drivers - HOWTO?
4 33.1 linux-2.6.24 & iptables/netfilter
4 10.2 Microphone does not work in Fedora 8
2 27.7 A new reader? Welcome to comp.os.linux.setup, read this first i
2 4.5 Permissions on /dev/sd* devices
1 3.7 Stats comp.os.linux.setup (last 7 days)
1 2.6 Final report was Re: Problems with udev
1 2.4 Network install of Linux
1 1.9 Debian/Ubuntu make script to replicate a server?

48 articles on 11 subjects
39 were followups (81.2%)
1 were crossposts (2.1%)

171.4 kbytes total
headers: 47.7kb 27.8%
quoted text: 41.9kb 24.4%
original text: 78.1kb 45.6%
signatures: 3.8kb 2.2%

Averages:
4.4 articles / subject
3.6 kbytes / article
15.6 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 14 *
Tuesday 13 *
Wednesday 5
Thursday 8
Friday 5
Saturday 1
Sunday 2
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
10 (20.8%) thunderbird 4 14.3%
6 (12.5%) g2 4 14.3%
5 (10.4%) thor 1 3.6%
5 (10.4%) gnus 3 10.7%
3 (6.2%) knode 2 7.1%
3 (6.2%) evolution 1 3.6%
2 (4.2%) slrn 2 7.1%
2 (4.2%) post-direct 1 3.6%
2 (4.2%) pan 1 3.6%
2 (4.2%) microsoft 2 7.1%

16 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...