Hi, Please use u...@hadoop.apache.org for usage oriented questions. The common-dev list is for developers and contributors working on the Hadoop project.
It is certainly possible to run Hadoop for development purposes on almost any Linux distribution out there. You can follow Michael Noll's single node installation guide on your Ubuntu, viewable at http://www.michael-noll.com/tutorials/running-hadoop-on-ubuntu-linux-single-node-cluster/ On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Twaha Daudi <udde...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > I would like to test hadoop in ubuntu 12.04 laptop. with hdd 500GB and RAM > 4.Is it possible to run it on laptop?. > sorry for the silly question. > thank you > cheers > huu -- Harsh J