GroupSTAT: Advanced Newsgroup Statistics Program
Version 0.12.1 (using News::Scan)

Copyleft (C) 2000 H. Alex LaHurreau
Based on StatNews, Copyleft (C) 1998 Davide G. M. Salvetti

Newsgroup.................: alt.os.linux.slackware
Stats Were Taken..........: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:30:02 GMT
Stats Begin...............: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:15:54 GMT
Stats End.................: Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:15:07 GMT
Days......................: 7
Total No. of Articles.....: 675
Total No. of Characters...: 1403601
Total Volume..............: 1370
Messages Per Day..........: 96.4
Characters Per Day........: 200514.4
Average Daily Volume......: 195 kB
Total Posters This Period.: 180
Messages with Sigs........: 41.33%
Original Content Rating...: 61.51%

Top 25 Prolific Posters: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share
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1. null.............................................. : 35 5.0 5.2%
2. Joost Kremers.....................................: 34 4.9 5.0%
3. Steve Youngs......................................: 28 4.0 4.1%
4. M Donaghy50.......................................: 24 3.4 3.6%
5. Faux Pseudo.......................................: 22 3.1 3.3%
6. Mark Hill.........................................: 22 3.1 3.3%
7. Guy Macon.........................................: 16 2.3 2.4%
8. Keith Keller......................................: 15 2.1 2.2%
9. Matthew Robinson..................................: 15 2.1 2.2%
10. Aj................................................ : 13 1.9 1.9%
11. Alan.............................................. : 13 1.9 1.9%
12. Bartosz Oudekerk..................................: 12 1.7 1.8%
13. wistanswick....................................... : 12 1.7 1.8%
14. RayzrShrp......................................... : 11 1.6 1.6%
15. Molchun........................................... : 11 1.6 1.6%
16. bob............................................... : 11 1.6 1.6%
17. Adams-Blake Company...............................: 10 1.4 1.5%
18. neosad1st......................................... : 10 1.4 1.5%
19. +Cibao+........................................... : 9 1.3 1.3%
20. Laurence Darby....................................: 9 1.3 1.3%
21. Notbob............................................ : 9 1.3 1.3%
22. Eef Hartman.......................................: 8 1.1 1.2%
23. Aj................................................ : 7 1.0 1.0%
24. LittleJohn........................................ : 7 1.0 1.0%
25. richand2002....................................... : 7 1.0 1.0%

Top 25 Bandwidth-Slurping Posters: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share
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1. Steve Youngs......................................: 98 14.1 7.2%
2. null.............................................. : 82 11.8 6.0%
3. Joost Kremers.....................................: 57 8.2 4.2%
4. Faux Pseudo.......................................: 55 7.9 4.0%
5. M Donaghy50.......................................: 51 7.4 3.8%
6. wistanswick....................................... : 47 6.7 3.4%
7. Guy Macon.........................................: 43 6.2 3.2%
8. Mark Hill.........................................: 36 5.3 2.7%
9. Alan.............................................. : 33 4.7 2.4%
10. Keith Keller......................................: 33 4.7 2.4%
11. neosad1st......................................... : 26 3.8 2.0%
12. Molchun........................................... : 25 3.7 1.9%
13. Adams-Blake Company...............................: 25 3.6 1.9%
14. Aj................................................ : 25 3.6 1.8%
15. Bartosz Oudekerk..................................: 23 3.4 1.7%
16. +Cibao+........................................... : 23 3.3 1.7%
17. bob............................................... : 21 3.1 1.6%
18. RayzrShrp......................................... : 19 2.8 1.4%
19. Matthew Robinson..................................: 18 2.7 1.4%
20. Eef Hartman.......................................: 18 2.6 1.3%
21. Laurence Darby....................................: 16 2.4 1.2%
22. Peter............................................. : 12 1.8 0.9%
23. Billy Watt........................................: 11 1.7 0.9%
24. Notbob............................................ : 11 1.7 0.9%
25. Old Man...........................................: 11 1.6 0.8%

Top 25 Popular Threads: Posts / Posts per Day / Percent Share
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1. Cibahole is a troll!..............................: 62 8.9 9.2%
2. Two weeks with Slack..............................: 38 5.4 5.6%
3. Got Firewall?.....................................: 20 2.9 3.0%
4. New version?......................................: 19 2.7 2.8%
5. ..and the longest header award goes to............: 18 2.6 2.7%
6. IP Masquerade.....................................: 17 2.4 2.5%
7. The Week in Review (alt.os.linux.slackware).......: 14 2.0 2.1%
8. a program like swaret/slapt-get but with sources..: 14 2.0 2.1%
9. slrn vs. knode opinions...........................: 14 2.0 2.1%
10. A Typo Fixed......................................: 13 1.9 1.9%
11. Default font size in X............................: 13 1.9 1.9%
12. Good FTP client for Linux.........................: 13 1.9 1.9%
13. Installing slack on the big guy...................: 13 1.9 1.9%
14. Cibahole(couple others) is a troll! ..............: 12 1.7 1.8%
15. Slackware 10......................................: 12 1.7 1.8%
16. slackware current iso file?.......................: 12 1.7 1.8%
17. Boy, do I feel stupid!............................: 11 1.6 1.6%
18. Checkinstall and Symbolic link (long).............: 11 1.6 1.6%
19. startup services..................................: 11 1.6 1.6%
20. wi-fi tools on Slackware 9.1......................: 11 1.6 1.6%
21. swaret sees packages that are not "there."........: 10 1.4 1.5%
22. VMware doesn't fire up............................: 9 1.3 1.3%
23. missing pkg.......................................: 9 1.3 1.3%
24. modquotes......................................... : 9 1.3 1.3%
25. ..[OT]and the longest header award goes to........: 8 1.1 1.2%

Top 25 Bandwidth-Slurping Threads: kBytes / kBytes per Day / Percent Share
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1. Cibahole is a troll!..............................: 154 22.0 11.2%
2. Two weeks with Slack..............................: 87 12.5 6.4%
3. ..and the longest header award goes to............: 70 10.0 5.1%
4. Installing slack on the big guy...................: 41 6.0 3.0%
5. IP Masquerade.....................................: 37 5.4 2.8%
6. Got Firewall?.....................................: 37 5.3 2.7%
7. New version?......................................: 32 4.6 2.4%
8. The Week in Review (alt.os.linux.slackware).......: 27 4.0 2.0%
9. swaret sees packages that are not "there."........: 25 3.7 1.9%
10. Cibahole(couple others) is a troll! ..............: 25 3.7 1.9%
11. slrn vs. knode opinions...........................: 25 3.7 1.9%
12. Boy, do I feel stupid!............................: 25 3.6 1.9%
13. ..[OT]and the longest header award goes to........: 24 3.6 1.8%
14. Default font size in X............................: 24 3.5 1.8%
15. wi-fi tools on Slackware 9.1......................: 24 3.5 1.8%
16. A Typo Fixed......................................: 23 3.4 1.7%
17. a program like swaret/slapt-get but with sources..: 23 3.3 1.7%
18. Checkinstall and Symbolic link (long).............: 22 3.2 1.6%
19. Good FTP client for Linux.........................: 21 3.1 1.6%
20. modquotes......................................... : 21 3.1 1.6%
21. Slackware 10......................................: 19 2.9 1.5%
22. slackware current iso file?.......................: 19 2.8 1.4%
23. DNS Question......................................: 18 2.7 1.4%
24. [OT] Thoughts on the future of windowing..........: 18 2.6 1.3%
25. VMware doesn't fire up............................: 18 2.6 1.3%

Top 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (All Bytes)
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1. Matthew Robinson.......................................... : 96.4%
2. Aj................................................ ........: 86.9%
3. Billy Watt.............................................. ..: 85.3%
4. Eef Hartman........................................... ....: 85.3%
5. +Cibao+........................................... ........: 84.1%
6. Faux Pseudo............................................ ...: 83.2%
7. Beldar............................................ ........: 83.0%
8. Adams-Blake Company.......................................: 82.0%
9. Keith Keller............................................ ..: 76.0%
10. Guy Macon............................................. ....: 74.3%

Bottom 10 Original Content Ratings: (Original Bytes) / (All Bytes)
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1. neosad1st......................................... ........: 17.5%
2. Fred Emmott............................................ ...: 24.6%
3. Wild Wizard............................................ ...: 27.9%
4. Jm................................................ ........: 28.5%
5. M Donaghy50......................................... ......: 32.4%
6. Ryan.............................................. ........: 36.4%
7. Laurence Darby............................................: 44.2%
8. Molchun........................................... ........: 47.9%
9. Steve Youngs............................................ ..: 50.3%
10. Joost Kremers........................................... ..: 50.9%

Top 10 Crossposting Groups: Posts in Group
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1. comp.os.linux.networking.......................... ...........: 15
2. comp.windows.x.kde................................ ...........: 2
3. comp.lang.java.................................... ...........: 1
4. comp.lang.java.setup.............................. ...........: 1

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End of stats for alt.os.linux.slackware

On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 18:35:02 GMT,
stats@abnormalpenguin.com <stats@abnormalpenguin.com> wrote:
[snip]

Newsreader stats for this week. Didn't get time to add an 'unknown'
category. Perhaps next week.


Total number of posts: 734

Summary of newsreaders used, sorted by number of posts:
================================================== =====

slrn 215
KNode 131
Pan 79
tin 62
Microsoft Outlook Express 57
Mozilla 57
Gnus 48
Opera 15
Google 11
pine 5
Direct Read News 3
Newspost 3
Sylpheed 3
knews 2
WinVN 1
mutt 1
newsSync 1

Newsreaders used, on a version by version basis: (Top 15)
================================================== =======

slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) 165
KNode/0.7.2 66
KNode/0.7.6 63
tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.20 (i58 48
Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cle 47
Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Thro 39
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 32
slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) 26
slrn/0.9.8.0 (Slackware Linux) 22
Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table) 21
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 15
http://groups.google.com 11
Opera7.21/Linux M2 build 480 8
tin/1.6.1-20030810 ("Mingulay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.22 (i 8
Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 7


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