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


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 4 11.4 Jean-David Beyer jeandavid8@verizon.net
2 4 9.6 The Ghost In The Machin ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038
3 4 8.0 Matt Giwer jull43@tampabay.REMover.r
4 4 7.7 elsiddik elsiddik@gmail.com
5 4 7.5 Mark Hobley markhobley@hotpop.deletet
6 3 6.8 grace zympoul@gmail.com
7 2 8.2 Ant ANTant@zimage.com
8 2 6.1 logger grumblers@googlemail.com
9 2 5.3 Michael Heiming michael+USENET@www.heimin
10 2 4.8 Alan Adams alan.adams@orchard-way.fr
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31 75.4 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
52 posters
84 articles
184.1 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
19.2% of the posters
36.9% of the articles
41.0% of the bytes

Averages:
1.6 articles / poster
2.2 kbytes / article
3.5 kbytes / poster

4 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 6 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
7.7% of the posters
7.1% of the articles
5.8% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
9 19.0 Dual-boot system: How to change default to Windows
6 17.7 where and how to create a cron job
6 10.4 Video Problem installing FC6 on P4
6 9.3 USB hard drive compatibility and Linux
5 12.2 Active mode FTP over PPP
5 10.6 cron daily jobs all run together
4 7.0 Ubuntu 6.10: I cannot compile "hello world"
4 5.8 Does some have any idea to install DSL on HDD without FDD?
4 4.8 Where can I download UPDATE 2 for RHE 4 !
3 7.3 Is there an easy way to install apps on Linux

84 articles on 31 subjects
61 were followups (72.6%)
5 were crossposts (6.0%)

183.7 kbytes total
headers: 87.3kb 47.5%
quoted text: 28.9kb 15.7%
original text: 61.5kb 33.5%
signatures: 6.1kb 3.3%

Averages:
2.7 articles / subject
2.2 kbytes / article
5.9 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 16 *
Tuesday 17 *
Wednesday 11 *
Thursday 12 *
Friday 13 *
Saturday 7
Sunday 8
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
19 (22.6%) thunderbird 11 21.2%
19 (22.6%) g2 13 25.0%
10 (11.9%) pan 6 11.5%
9 (10.7%) slrn 5 9.6%
7 (8.3%) tin 3 5.8%
6 (7.1%) microsoft 5 9.6%
2 (2.4%) nn 1 1.9%
2 (2.4%) mozilla 2 3.8%
2 (2.4%) messenger-pro 1 1.9%
2 (2.4%) gemini 1 1.9%

13 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...