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February 16, 2013

Unrecognized status of IIPM

by viggy — Categories: Uncategorized — Tags: , , Leave a comment

Source :: http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/3604913_English.pdf

In case you are not able to access the link, I am uploading the pdf here
Also following is the content of the notice.

It is hereby informed to the public at large and students that Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) is not a University within the meaning of Section 2(f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. Further, as per Section 22 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) does not have the right of conferring or granting degrees as specified by the University Grants Commission under Section 22(3) of the University Grants Commission Act. It is further clarified for information that Indian Institute of Planning and Management is neither entitled to award MBA/BBA/BCA degree nor it is recognized by UGC. The public and students are also hereby informed that only universities established either by a Central Act, a Provincial Act or a State Act or an Institution deemed to be university under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act or an institution especially empowered by Parliament to award degree, can confer or grant degrees which are specified by the University Grants Commission under Section 22(3) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. A list of degrees specified by the University Grants Commission is available on the University Grants Commission website www.ugc.ac.in for the information of all concerned.

February 9, 2013

GNU/Linux uptime worldwide

by viggy — Categories: FSMK, linux, tech, ubuntu — Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

Wont it be great to see what is the total time that users across the globe are spending on their GNU/Linux Desktops. What if every time a user signs in a system, their usage time is recorded and once in a while this usage data is uploaded in a server. We can then extract lots of data like how much time is being spent totally, which are most popular operating systems based used, based on average uptime, we can find out the type of users and their preferred operating systems.

For example, we can may be find that people who are using say 3-4 hours a day on GNU/Linux are mostly Ubuntu and people who are using say more than 12-14 hours a day are mostly on Debian or Mint giving an indication that new users choose Ubuntu but they slowly shift towards Debian or Mint. Again just a hypothetical example.

We can also plan to have a competition at GLUG level to see which GLUG is spending most of their time on GNU/Linux.