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


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 3 7.4 Michael Heiming michael+USENET@www.heimin
2 3 5.2 Laurent-jan blobbel7@xs4all.nl
3 2 27.0 FAQ (bi-weekly) comp.os.linux.setup-FAQ@w
4 2 6.3 Matt Giwer jull43@tampabay.REMover.r
5 2 3.5 CCDSJ ccdsj@yahoo.com
6 2 2.9 Chris Cox notccox@notairmail.net
7 1 10.0 Ant ANTant@zimage.com
8 1 4.2 Robin robin.pain@tesco.net
9 1 3.7 Dances With Crows danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@g
10 1 3.6 Alan Adams alan.adams@orchard-way.fr
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18 73.9 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
40 posters
48 articles
134.7 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
25.0% of the posters
37.5% of the articles
54.8% of the bytes

Averages:
1.2 articles / poster
2.8 kbytes / article
3.4 kbytes / poster

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

The new posters accounted for:
62.5% of the posters
60.4% of the articles
50.5% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
5 9.2 How to take printout of linux file from windows xp using putty?
4 11.1 Dual core processor and software....
4 7.2 Yahoo or google mail on RH 7.3
3 6.6 fedora 6 wont install or rescue, cant find driver
3 5.7 Ftape on Slackware 10
3 5.3 Which Linux for an older machine (newbie)
2 27.0 A new reader? Welcome to comp.os.linux.setup, read this first i
2 7.1 No Support for USB Pocket Drive Booting: Boot Selector on Fixed
2 6.0 Dell Optiplex GMT+ NIC on Install
2 3.8 Beryl on SuSE 10.2 with 32 MB Video Memory (?)

48 articles on 25 subjects
29 were followups (60.4%)
5 were crossposts (10.4%)

134.5 kbytes total
headers: 49.3kb 36.6%
quoted text: 19.0kb 14.1%
original text: 63.0kb 46.8%
signatures: 3.3kb 2.4%

Averages:
1.9 articles / subject
2.8 kbytes / article
5.4 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 10 *
Tuesday 5
Wednesday 11 *
Thursday 6
Friday 1
Saturday 9
Sunday 6
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
13 (27.1%) g2 12 30.0%
7 (14.6%) thunderbird 5 12.5%
4 (8.3%) slrn 4 10.0%
4 (8.3%) knode 2 5.0%
3 (6.2%) tin 2 5.0%
3 (6.2%) pan 3 7.5%
3 (6.2%) forte 3 7.5%
2 (4.2%) post-direct 1 2.5%
1 (2.1%) xnews 1 2.5%
1 (2.1%) postdirect 1 2.5%

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...