I am starting to learn and study harder on the Big Data and Analytics area. You may notice from now on a shift from this blog from a more Microsoft-centric approach to a more mixed use, Open Source snippets followed by hints on Microsoft services I work with for years.
Let's start with Hadoop!
I will here only post a great tutorial: http://codesfusion.blogspot.com.br/2013/10/setup-hadoop-2x-220-on-ubuntu.html?m=1
This tutorial was applied with a 100% accuracy on Ubuntu 12.0.4. Enjoy!