There isn't any specific Linux distro, but i would prefer Ubuntu for a beginner as its very easy to apt-get install stuffs on it.
Thanks Best Regards On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Horsmann, Tobias <tobias.horsm...@uni-due.de > wrote: > Hi, > Are there any recommendations for operating systems that one should use > for setting up Spark/Hadoop nodes in general? > I am not familiar with the differences between the various linux > distributions or how well they are (not) suited for cluster set-ups, so I > wondered if there is some preferred choices? > > Regards, > >