Prev: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandrake
Next: Linux Installation
From: alt.os.linux.mandriva Stats on 8 Dec 2007 06:51
============================================================================
Analysis of posts to alt.os.linux.mandriva by Robert Marshall
============================================================================
(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)


Total posts considered: 195 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sat Dec 1 12:25:05 2007
Latest article: Sat Dec 8 09:25:11 2007
Original articles: 31, replies: 164
Total size of posts: 486,430 bytes (475K) (0.46M)
Average 27 articles per day, 0.07 MB per day, 2,494 bytes per article
Total headers: 250 KB bodies: 224 KB
Body text - quoted: 71 KB, original: 137 KB = 65.68%, sigs: 15 KB
Total number of posters: 54, average 9,007 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 42, average 11,581 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 30

============================================================================
Top 20 posters by number of articles
============================================================================
1: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 25
2: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 14
3: "Peter D." <psd(a)live.home.invalid>............................. : 12
4: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 11
5: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 11
6: JTJersey <JT3(a)aplace.com>...................................... : 7
7: ArameFarpado <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt>....................... : 6
8: Alan Secker <alan(a)asandco.co.uk>............................... : 6
9: chris gareau <ax(a)bx.cx>........................................ : 5
10: MI5Victim(a)mi5.gov.uk........................................... : 5
11: Whiskers <catwheezel(a)operamail.com>............................ : 4
12: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 4
13: Oder <oderjs(a)gmail.com>........................................ : 4
14: Mr H <niloch(a)gmail.com>........................................ : 4
15: Darius <Darius@::c.t>.......................................... : 3
16: freemont <freemont(a)spammenotfreemontsoffice.com>............... : 3
17: "mr.b" <mist(a)b.com>............................................ : 3
18: Darklight <nglennglen(a)netscape.net>............................ : 3
19: Cliff <nobody(a)this.address.invalid>............................ : 3
20: Unknown <jylliewar(a)war.invalid>................................ : 3

============================================================================
Top 20 posters by article size in Kbytes
============================================================================
1: MI5Victim(a)mi5.gov.uk........................................... : 69
2: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 53
3: "Peter D." <psd(a)live.home.invalid>............................. : 31
4: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 28
5: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 25
6: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 22
7: chris gareau <ax(a)bx.cx>........................................ : 15
8: JTJersey <JT3(a)aplace.com>...................................... : 14
9: Alan Secker <alan(a)asandco.co.uk>............................... : 12
10: ArameFarpado <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt>....................... : 10
11: Whiskers <catwheezel(a)operamail.com>............................ : 9
12: Mr H <niloch(a)gmail.com>........................................ : 9
13: none <""colin\"@(none)">....................................... : 8
14: Oder <oderjs(a)gmail.com>........................................ : 8
15: Darklight <nglennglen(a)netscape.net>............................ : 7
16: herman.viaene(a)thuis.be......................................... : 7
17: "Robert M. Riches Jr." <spamtrap42(a)verizon.net>................ : 6
18: Unruh <unruh-spam(a)physics.ubc.ca>.............................. : 6
19: TJ <TJ(a)invalid.invalid>........................................ : 6
20: ibuprofin(a)painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin).................... : 6

============================================================================
Top 9 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
============================================================================
1: MI5Victim(a)mi5.gov.uk........................................... : 98.78%
2: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 87.82%
3: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 73.09%
4: chris gareau <ax(a)bx.cx>........................................ : 63.36%
5: Alan Secker <alan(a)asandco.co.uk>............................... : 62.75%
6: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 61.66%
7: JTJersey <JT3(a)aplace.com>...................................... : 51.27%
8: ArameFarpado <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt>....................... : 47.79%
9: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 45.38%

============================================================================
Bottom 9 responders by original text (> 5 posts)
============================================================================
1: "Peter D." <psd(a)live.home.invalid>............................. : 43.21%
2: Jim Beard <jim.beard(a)verizon.net>.............................. : 45.38%
3: ArameFarpado <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt>....................... : 47.79%
4: JTJersey <JT3(a)aplace.com>...................................... : 51.27%
5: Bit Twister <BitTwister(a)mouse-potato.com>...................... : 61.66%
6: Alan Secker <alan(a)asandco.co.uk>............................... : 62.75%
7: chris gareau <ax(a)bx.cx>........................................ : 63.36%
8: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins(a)nomail.afraid.org>............... : 73.09%
9: Maurice Batey <maurice(a)bcs.removethis.org.uk>.................. : 87.82%

============================================================================
Top 20 threads by no. of articles
============================================================================
1: MDV 2008 PWP Skype............................................. : 24
2: what graphics board for mandriva?.............................. : 14
3: 2008.0 PowerPack ignores SD card reader on laptop.............. : 13
4: Googleearth crashes all OSs!................................... : 13
5: problems updating from local mirror............................ : 11
6: Microphone problem............................................. : 10
7: no sound Mandriva 2008......................................... : 9
8: Time to drop a.o.l.mandrake?................................... : 8
9: Keep losing movie playback capability.......................... : 8
10: Can't install kernel-devel or kernel-source.................... : 7
11: xscreensaver................................................... : 6
12: MCC update replaced old Pan with new........................... : 6
13: External hard drive questions.................................. : 6
14: I need help with touchey wireless.............................. : 4
15: Cannot connect via kppp........................................ : 4
16: Which new kernel to use?....................................... : 4
17: Stealth and portforwarding..................................... : 4
18: openoffice menu................................................ : 4
19: 2008 'ls' date format.......................................... : 4
20: Update to-Keep losing movie playback capability................ : 3

============================================================================
Top 20 threads by size in KB
============================================================================
1: MDV 2008 PWP Skype............................................. : 56
2: what graphics board for mandriva?.............................. : 30
3: problems updating from local mirror............................ : 29
4: 2008.0 PowerPack ignores SD card reader on laptop.............. : 26
5: Googleearth crashes all OSs!................................... : 23
6: Microphone problem............................................. : 20
7: no sound Mandriva 2008......................................... : 18
8: Keep losing movie playback capability.......................... : 17
9: MI5 Persecution: BBC Newscasters Lie & Deny Theyre Watching Me : 17
10: Time to drop a.o.l.mandrake?................................... : 15
11: Can't install kernel-devel or kernel-source.................... : 14
12: MI5 Persecution: Four Years of MI5 Persecution Posts on Interne : 14
13: MI5 Persecution: MI5 Waste Taxpayer Millions on Pointless Hate- : 13
14: External hard drive questions.................................. : 13
15: Which new kernel to use?....................................... : 13
16: MI5 Persecution: Comparing the MI5 Persecution with German Fina : 12
17: Cannot connect via kppp........................................ : 12
18: MI5 Persecution: Browse the Website (3158)..................... : 11
19: I need help with touchey wireless.............................. : 10
20: xscreensaver................................................... : 9

============================================================================
Top 4 cross-posted groups
============================================================================
1: alt.os.linux.slackware......................................... : 5
2: alt.os.linux.mandrake.fr....................................... : 5
3: alt.os.linux.mandrake.......................................... : 5
4: alt.os.linux.pclinuxos......................................... : 5

============================================================================
Top 10 User Agents by poster
============================================================================
1: KNode.......................................................... : 14
2: Pan............................................................ : 12
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11....................................... : 9
4: Mozilla........................................................ : 4
5: slrn........................................................... : 4
6: Unknown........................................................ : 3
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11....................................... : 1
8: G2............................................................. : 1
9: nn............................................................. : 1
10: Opera Mail..................................................... : 1

============================================================================
Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
============================================================================
1: KNode..................................................... : 47 (24%)
2: Pan....................................................... : 35 (18%)
3: slrn...................................................... : 34 (17%)
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11.................................. : 31 (16%)
5: unknown................................................... : 12 ( 6%)
6: Opera Mail................................................ : 11 ( 6%)
7: Mozilla................................................... : 7 ( 4%)
8: nn........................................................ : 4 ( 2%)
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows.............................. : 4 ( 2%)
10: 40tude_Dialog............................................. : 3 ( 2%)

============================================================================
Top 10 time zones
============================================================================
1: UTC............................................................ : 117
2: +1100.......................................................... : 24
3: -0500.......................................................... : 21
4: +0100.......................................................... : 11
5: -0600.......................................................... : 9
6: -0200.......................................................... : 5
7: -0700.......................................................... : 3
8: -0800.......................................................... : 2
9: -0800 (PST).................................................... : 2
10: +1030.......................................................... : 1

============================================================================
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This was auto-posted using a script by Garry Knight.
Please send questions or comments to usenet(a)capuchin.co.uk
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Robert Marshall on 20 Dec 2007 18:14
On Sat, 15 Dec 2007, Bit Twister wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:51:49 -0500, David W. Hodgins wrote:
>
>> I'd stop crossposting the mandrake summary, as there is really
>> nothing useful there. I'd continue crossposting the mandriva
>> summary, so new users, who have installed an old mandrake version,
>> have a better chance of finding the new newsgroup.
>
> I would assume any mandrake user would have seen the mandriva stats
> cross posts by now. Anyone posting to mandrake can be told about
> mandriva news group. The one or two mandrake users I have seen were
> over in linux.misc or .setup.

Though I know of one long term Linux/FSF user who was unaware of the
re-branding so if he did start thinking about mandriva an on-going
pointer would seem to be sensible.

I've still not seen a reason from you as to why you dislike the
(suggested or indeed the existing) cross post

Robert
--
La grenouille songe..dans son château d'eau
Links and things http://rmstar.blogspot.com/
 | 
Pages: 1
Prev: Statistics for alt.os.linux.mandrake
Next: Linux Installation