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

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


Top 10 posters for the period:

rank posts kbytes name address
1 23 58.5 jack not@all.org
2 18 75.3 Ohmster bigbigkitty@ohmster.com
3 16 46.1 Clifford Kite kite@see.signature.id
4 15 30.2 Cameron Kerr cameron.kerr@paradise.net
5 11 22.0 Antoine EMERIT reply_to_replay@daubededa
6 9 35.5 P Gentry rdgentry1@cablelynx.com
7 9 15.6 x86processor shaks@linuxmail-dot-org.n
8 8 15.4 Jeff Breitner usenet@rudn.com
9 8 14.4 Grant Edwards grante@visi.com
10 7 19.4 David Efflandt efflandt@xnet.com
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124 332.3 Total for top 10

Totals for the newsgroup:
158 posters
369 articles
847.0 kbytes

The top 10 accounted for:
6.3% of the posters
33.6% of the articles
39.2% of the bytes

Averages:
2.3 articles / poster
2.3 kbytes / article
5.4 kbytes / poster

111 people posted for the first time this period.
They went on to post 195 articles altogether

The new posters accounted for:
70.3% of the posters
52.8% of the articles
51.3% of the bytes


Top 10 subjects for the period:

posts kbytes subject
37 133.4 PPPoE Help me please!
13 30.4 Simple hub between DSL modem and netgear router - No link
11 32.3 Samba problem: WinXP <-> ADSL <-> Internet <-> Cable <-> Linux
10 31.2 Too much multicasting in Linux
10 16.7 Determine Attached MAC Address
9 17.6 Determining IP information for eth0 failed
9 16.4 Newbie Internet Question
8 17.0 critical error always occur at redhat
8 12.3 Capturing traffic
7 15.5 Network Puzzle with 2 NICs

369 articles on 105 subjects
280 were followups (75.9%)
22 were crossposts (6.0%)

846.1 kbytes total
headers: 353.4kb 41.8%
quoted text: 180.9kb 21.4%
original text: 293.9kb 34.7%
signatures: 17.9kb 2.1%

Averages:
3.5 articles / subject
2.3 kbytes / article
8.1 kbytes / subject

Top 10 Newsreader used (accumulated):

posts newsreader user
90 (24.4%) mozilla 34 21.5%
36 (9.8%) tin 4 2.5%
36 (9.8%) microsoft 21 13.3%
35 (9.5%) xnews 7 4.4%
32 (8.7%) slrn 12 7.6%
23 (6.2%) knode 15 9.5%
20 (5.4%) pan 13 8.2%
13 (3.5%) newssync 3 1.9%
10 (2.7%) forte 7 4.4%
6 (1.6%) gnus 4 2.5%

18 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...