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


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 5 11.8 Michael Heiming michael+USENET@www.heimin
2 5 10.1 Matt Giwer jull43@tampabay.REMover.r
3 3 7.4 Jules julesrichardsonuk@remove.
4 3 7.2 spike1@freenet.co.uk spike1@freenet.co.uk
5 3 4.6 Scott Simpson Scott.Simpson@computer.or
6 2 27.0 FAQ (bi-weekly) comp.os.linux.setup-FAQ@w
7 2 7.9 derek_stein@lycos.com derek_stein@lycos.com
8 2 5.9 sachin.readytohelp@gmai sachin.readytohelp@gmail.
9 2 5.4 Hactar ebenZEROONE@verizon.net
10 2 5.2 Lenard lenard@127.0.0.1
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29 92.7 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
57 posters
87 articles
203.7 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
17.5% of the posters
33.3% of the articles
45.5% of the bytes

Averages:
1.5 articles / poster
2.3 kbytes / article
3.6 kbytes / poster

35 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 43 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
61.4% of the posters
49.4% of the articles
42.4% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
8 16.5 Firefox
7 19.2 Dual hosting SCSI devices
7 10.8 Is it possible to boot Linux off an extended partition using GR
6 12.1 Linux Redhat 9.0 - SATA HDD compatibility
5 10.2 wacky default..
4 7.5 configuring monitor resolution from the shell
4 6.7 how to build a cluster using PS3
3 9.1 Configuring display problems..
3 5.5 server suddenly stoped
3 5.3 importing WinXP Thunderbird address book to TB Linux?

87 articles on 37 subjects
57 were followups (65.5%)
6 were crossposts (6.9%)

203.3 kbytes total
headers: 88.5kb 43.5%
quoted text: 35.1kb 17.3%
original text: 72.7kb 35.7%
signatures: 7.1kb 3.5%

Averages:
2.4 articles / subject
2.3 kbytes / article
5.5 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 14 *
Tuesday 11 *
Wednesday 20 **
Thursday 6
Friday 16 *
Saturday 11 *
Sunday 9
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
16 (18.4%) g2 12 21.1%
14 (16.1%) thunderbird 9 15.8%
9 (10.3%) knode 5 8.8%
8 (9.2%) pan 5 8.8%
7 (8.0%) tin 2 3.5%
7 (8.0%) slrn 5 8.8%
6 (6.9%) mozilla 4 7.0%
6 (6.9%) microsoft 5 8.8%
3 (3.4%) trn 2 3.5%
2 (2.3%) post-direct 1 1.8%

17 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...