Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 55B8110E06 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 73673 invoked by uid 500); 18 Oct 2013 22:01:50 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 73515 invoked by uid 500); 18 Oct 2013 22:01:50 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 73504 invoked by uid 99); 18 Oct 2013 22:01:49 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:01:49 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of shaposhnik@gmail.com designates 209.85.219.54 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.219.54] (HELO mail-oa0-f54.google.com) (209.85.219.54) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:01:43 +0000 Received: by mail-oa0-f54.google.com with SMTP id o20so559000oag.13 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:01:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=6wP5BpWBZbkqVsJssjy0aADVQxJuRiP5BX+H3i+cqbM=; b=eNPapw5wwIAZUrdxD9gc0crEiIPnAZYukJtdOTmwgMcSPVpXKY8KfEd63i5MZkcqTk NqfwE7fjEdPNyp/GG358SlCH6quZ+Ph9VpR5cJxQH49ygwwuZ/lw0PSYeTz30TG9RYID mhlTA6HhQbGzfOyYzomjn/uUl5bLcZF6RlyICD3eTtZOkrSNWZJ/PNOnK/F2m8hD8XyP gGRwcmafxps2zEmuvHu/xNPRhFQDJOrvkbFtX1xbbSdUTrxFPllEO/QHFBhDe9u02bDV rXRWJoJ+kVC6OqQsMDAfJxRt7rsifZSXSeMuxllcS43nG1TfGyIhojApO4/sxaJa9/62 qCxw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.121.137 with SMTP id lk9mr7924095obb.32.1382133682282; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:01:22 -0700 (PDT) Sender: shaposhnik@gmail.com Received: by 10.182.133.101 with HTTP; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:01:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52921910-072C-44E7-8DB7-A72C42422FC5@FindelPLC.onmicrosoft.com> References: <52921910-072C-44E7-8DB7-A72C42422FC5@FindelPLC.onmicrosoft.com> Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:01:22 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: J57X76dJZgLO5iihAA7QcL4FXKU Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux flavour? From: Roman Shaposhnik To: "general@hadoop.apache.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Joe Doherty wrote: > Hi all > > My first attempt at installing Hadoop so be gentle! > > I was wondering what flavour of Linux is best recommended / supported for Hadoop. > > I hope this isn't a stupid question but being a newbie I'd rather start with a recommended foundation. > > Quite excited at taking this journey! > > Thanks in advance. Personally I find CentOS6/RHEL6 a nice stable platform for running Hadoop. Also, if you're interested in a packaged install of Apache Hadoop and its ecosystem projects for quite a few Linux distros, make sure to take a look at Apache Bigtop: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/BIGTOP/How+to+install+Hadoop+distribution+from+Bigtop+0.6.0 Hope this helps. Thanks, Roman.