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


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 12 28.6 Michael Heiming michael+USENET@www.heimin
2 8 20.4 Matt Giwer jull43@tampabay.REMover.r
3 7 17.2 Chris F Clark cfc@shell01.TheWorld.com
4 6 12.7 Allen Kistler ackistler@oohay.moc
5 4 8.9 The Natural Philosopher a@b.c
6 3 8.1 Mike Poe trolling4dollars@gmail.co
7 2 27.0 FAQ (bi-weekly) comp.os.linux.setup-FAQ@w
8 2 25.3 insomniux dispose02@bosschaert.org
9 2 11.4 Brad McArthur bgmca1@hotmail.com
10 2 6.2 Aravind aravindmail007@yahoo.co.i
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48 165.8 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
56 posters
106 articles
280.9 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
17.9% of the posters
45.3% of the articles
59.0% of the bytes

Averages:
1.9 articles / poster
2.7 kbytes / article
5.0 kbytes / poster

32 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 49 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
57.1% of the posters
46.2% of the articles
46.5% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
10 26.2 dual boot hell
7 19.1 Need Help - Reconfigure LILO from rescue CD
7 17.3 Linux no threat to Microsoft
7 11.8 Fedora 5 and Wireshark
7 11.6 How to mount a NFS From Linux on Windows
5 9.4 Change server locale
5 8.9 FC5 - Installing X on a system without X
4 9.3 Linux RAID 5 'rm' performance
4 6.9 dmesg and syslogd
3 7.1 Serial Port Problem with Fedora

106 articles on 42 subjects
81 were followups (76.4%)
3 were crossposts (2.8%)

280.5 kbytes total
headers: 117.6kb 41.9%
quoted text: 61.5kb 21.9%
original text: 95.1kb 33.9%
signatures: 6.4kb 2.3%

Averages:
2.5 articles / subject
2.6 kbytes / article
6.7 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 7
Tuesday 8
Wednesday 21 **
Thursday 16 *
Friday 16 *
Saturday 7
Sunday 31 ***
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
26 (24.5%) g2 16 28.6%
19 (17.9%) thunderbird 9 16.1%
13 (12.3%) tin 2 3.6%
10 (9.4%) mozilla 2 3.6%
9 (8.5%) gnus 2 3.6%
7 (6.6%) microsoft 6 10.7%
6 (5.7%) slrn 5 8.9%
6 (5.7%) knode 6 10.7%
2 (1.9%) post-direct 1 1.8%
2 (1.9%) pan 2 3.6%

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...