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


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 10 22.3 Nico Kadel-Garcia nkadel@comcast.net
2 6 16.8 clemens fischer ino-news@news.spotteswood
3 4 7.1 xian_hong2046@hotmail.c xian_hong2046@hotmail.com
4 3 8.6 Michael Heiming michael+USENET@www.heimin
5 3 7.9 TB tbhatia06@gmail.com
6 3 6.5 Douglas Mayne doug@localhost.localnet
7 3 6.3 Bit Twister BitTwister@mouse-potato.c
8 3 6.1 george.e.sullivan@saic. george.e.sullivan@saic.co
9 3 5.2 Dan C youmustbejoking@invalid.l
10 2 27.0 FAQ (bi-weekly) comp.os.linux.setup-FAQ@w
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40 113.8 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
58 posters
100 articles
235.3 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
17.2% of the posters
40.0% of the articles
48.4% of the bytes

Averages:
1.7 articles / poster
2.4 kbytes / article
4.1 kbytes / poster

29 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 42 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
50.0% of the posters
42.0% of the articles
37.5% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
13 25.2 can I run linux from a CD, without installing it?
10 19.3 What is SFS ?
8 18.8 fedora core 5 checksum
5 12.9 Problem installing Linux: please help
5 10.0 kernel-2.6.16 make problem: "target pattern contains no `%'
5 8.8 Who Are You? Remote Login Only if System In /etc/hosts.
4 7.3 Rsync Question for the smart people
3 7.1 Installing Windows XP on a system with Suse 10
3 6.8 Slackware Lilo boot hang
3 6.5 Poss simple question : Installing old HD in new system

100 articles on 36 subjects
76 were followups (76.0%)
3 were crossposts (3.0%)

235.1 kbytes total
headers: 114.3kb 48.6%
quoted text: 36.5kb 15.5%
original text: 80.7kb 34.3%
signatures: 3.6kb 1.5%

Averages:
2.8 articles / subject
2.4 kbytes / article
6.5 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 15 *
Tuesday 15 *
Wednesday 20 **
Thursday 13 *
Friday 12 *
Saturday 17 *
Sunday 8
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
30 (30.0%) g2 22 37.9%
13 (13.0%) mozilla 9 15.5%
13 (13.0%) microsoft 3 5.2%
10 (10.0%) tin 4 6.9%
9 (9.0%) slrn 6 10.3%
9 (9.0%) pan 4 6.9%
3 (3.0%) knode 3 5.2%
2 (2.0%) post-direct 1 1.7%
2 (2.0%) pluto 1 1.7%
2 (2.0%) nn 1 1.7%

15 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...