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


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 4 18.5 mbrugo@gmail.com mbrugo@gmail.com
2 4 9.9 Doesn't Work At McDonal burgerguy@gmail.com
3 3 6.4 colin353 colin353@gmail.com
4 3 6.4 Chris F.A. Johnson cfajohnson@gmail.com
5 3 5.9 Nico nkadel@gmail.com
6 3 5.4 BillJosephson billjosephson@hotmail.com
7 3 3.8 Tore Skogly tore.skogly@c2i.net
8 2 27.0 FAQ (bi-weekly) comp.os.linux.setup-FAQ@w
9 2 7.9 lbrtchx@hotmail.com lbrtchx@hotmail.com
10 2 7.7 Moe Trin ibuprofin@painkiller.exam
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29 98.9 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
58 posters
89 articles
220.4 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
17.2% of the posters
32.6% of the articles
44.9% of the bytes

Averages:
1.5 articles / poster
2.5 kbytes / article
3.8 kbytes / poster

34 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 47 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
58.6% of the posters
52.8% of the articles
50.0% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
11 30.0 chkconfig
11 30.0 Most Efficient Directory Structure?
8 14.0 Switch between desktops using keyboard? (KDE)
5 13.0 Grub boot loader error 21
5 9.4 All video -> external monitor on laptop
3 5.7 Installing new Linux from Windows or Ubuntu w/o CD or FDD
3 5.2 Automated linux install
3 5.1 In WinXP i run 1024x768, but after loading FC6 my max is 800x60
3 4.6 Problem with grub
3 4.6 set default session to KDE ?

89 articles on 32 subjects
63 were followups (70.8%)
12 were crossposts (13.5%)

220.2 kbytes total
headers: 96.6kb 43.9%
quoted text: 29.7kb 13.5%
original text: 89.3kb 40.6%
signatures: 4.6kb 2.1%

Averages:
2.8 articles / subject
2.5 kbytes / article
6.9 kbytes / subject

Postings per weekday:

Day posts
Monday 11 *
Tuesday 19 *
Wednesday 15 *
Thursday 15 *
Friday 12 *
Saturday 10 *
Sunday 7
(*=10 posts)

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
32 (36.0%) g2 17 29.3%
12 (13.5%) slrn 8 13.8%
7 (7.9%) pan 5 8.6%
5 (5.6%) tin 5 8.6%
5 (5.6%) mozilla 4 6.9%
5 (5.6%) microsoft 4 6.9%
5 (5.6%) knode 3 5.2%
5 (5.6%) gnus 3 5.2%
3 (3.4%) trn 2 3.4%
3 (3.4%) forte 2 3.4%

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...