If you want to go for license free you can go for either Ubuntu or CentOS
*Warm Regards_**∞_* * Shashwat Shriparv* [image: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shashwat-shriparv/19/214/2a9]<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/shashwat-shriparv/19/214/2a9>[image: https://twitter.com/shriparv] <https://twitter.com/shriparv>[image: https://www.facebook.com/shriparv] <https://www.facebook.com/shriparv>[image: http://google.com/+ShashwatShriparv] <http://google.com/+ShashwatShriparv>[image: http://www.youtube.com/user/sShriparv/videos]<http://www.youtube.com/user/sShriparv/videos>[image: http://profile.yahoo.com/SWXSTW3DVSDTF2HHSRM47AV6DI/] <shrip...@yahoo.com> On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 12:18 PM, Alex Lee <eliy...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Zhi Jie, > > Thanks, I am going through it. But may need to select a linux os first. > Any suggesiton. > > Alex > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:29:56 -0800 > Subject: Re: Newbie, any tutorial for install hadoop 2.3 with proper linux > version > From: zs...@hortonworks.com > To: user@hadoop.apache.org > > > This is the link about cluster setup: > https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/current/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-common/ClusterSetup.html > > - Zhijie > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:41 PM, Alex Lee <eliy...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am quite a newbie here. And want to setup hadoop 2.3 on 4 new PCs. Later > may add more PCs into it. Is there any tutorial I can learn from, such as > the which linux version I should use, how to setup the linux, and how to > install the hadoop step by step. > > I am trying to setup cluster and aim to store TB data. Any suggestion。 > > With Best Regards, > > Alex > > > > > -- > Zhijie Shen > Hortonworks Inc. > http://hortonworks.com/ > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE > NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity > to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, > privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or > forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately > and delete it from your system. Thank You. >