01-28-2008
OK
I would start by asking what knowledge have you about "what is an OS" and"OS fundamentals"
None? start by learning...
DOS (good knowledge and windows..) ah better...
Download and burn a live CD such as knoppix
let it run a while (I let one run for more than 3 months... you cant do that without altering perfs and having virus risks with ms Wi*ows, and anyway each time I tried it failed after a month...) and watch the magic of *X...
then think what is more important for you:
click is not a great challenge...
So download a unix4dos or cygwin and start by learning a few commands and be sure to use every day vi!
If after that you feel ready for the big...
then any will be fine, each flavour has its pros/cons
and most of all the first will always be the first Love, so if its for professional purpose and you wish to go system, the only free commercial *UX is Solaris then in linux go for an OS that will make you suffer a bit since you are ready and willing to learn: DEBIAN server? or freeBSD
Up to you now...
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
arbitron
ARBITRON(8) System Manager's Manual ARBITRON(8)
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NAME
arbitron - arbitron mailboxes
SYNOPSIS
arbitron [ -C config-file ] [ -o ] [ -u ] [ -l ] [ -p months ]
[ -d days | -D mmddyyyy[:mmddyyyy] ] mailbox...
DESCRIPTION
Arbitron collects and reports readership statistics for mailboxes on the server. It also optionally prunes the mailboxes of Seen state
for dormant users.
Arbitron produces one line of output per mailbox, reporting the mailbox name followed by a space, followed by the number of readers (and if
-u is specified, followed by a colon and a comma-separated list of the readers userids), and if -o is not specified, another space and the
number of subscribers (and if -u is specified, followed by a colon and a comma-separated list of the subscribers userids). IMPORTANT: This
format is subject to change in future versions.
Each "reader" is a distinct authentication identity which has "s" rights to the mailbox and which has SELECTed the mailbox within either
the past days days or the specified date range. Users are not counted as reading their own personal mailboxes. Personal mailboxes are not
reported unless there is at least one reader other than the mailboxes owner.
Arbitron reads its configuration options out of the imapd.conf(5) file unless specified otherwise by -C.
OPTIONS
-C config-file
Read configuration options from config-file.
-o "old way" -- do not report subscribers.
-u Report userids in addition to the count(s).
-l Enable long reporting (comma delimited table consisting of mbox, userid, r/s, start time, end time).
-d days
Count as a reader an authentication identity which has SELECTed the mailbox within days days. Default is 30.
-D mmddyyyy[:mmddyyyy]
Count as a reader an authentication identity which has SELECTed the mailbox within the given date range. The start date and
optional end date are specified as 2-digit month of the year, 2-digit day of the month, and 4-digit year. If the end date is not
specified, then the current system time is used as the end time.
-p months
Prune Seen state for users who have not SELECTed the mailbox within months months. Default is infinity.
FILES
/etc/imapd.conf
CMU
Project Cyrus ARBITRON(8)