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Hadoop on Azure: An Introduction

  I am in complete awe on how this technology is resonating with today’s developers. If I invite developers for an evening event, Big Data is always a sellout. This particular post is about getting everyone up to speed about...

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Hadoop on Windows Azure

Hadoop on Windows Azure Lynn Langit There’s been a lot of buzz about Hadoop lately, and interest in using it to process extremely large data sets seems to grow day by day. With that in mind, I’m going to show...

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A vendor-independent comparison of NoSQL databases: Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, Riak

Source: http://www.networkworld.com/news/tech/2012/102212-nosql-263595.html In 2010, when the world became enchanted by the capabilities of cloud systems and new databases designed to serve them, a group of researchers from Yahoo decided to look into NoSQL. They developed the YCSB framework to assess the performance...

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bigdata tools comparision

Resources http://apandre.wordpress.com/tools/comparison/ http://db-engines.com/en/ http://vschart.com Related posts: A vendor-independent comparison of NoSQL databases: Cassandra, HBase, MongoDB, Riak Sample test data generators Hadoop ecosystem Hadoop ecosystem

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Windows 8 ESD file

Short: ESD is an Encrypted WIM file, Electronic Software Download. (Thanks 8675309) “Encrypted Storage Disk” or “Encrypted System Disk” perhaps Long: While installing Windows 8 I came across an ESD file which I had never encountered before, and the investigation began. The...

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Upgrading from Linux Mint 13 to Linux Mint 14

The Linux Mint team recommends upgrading versions using a LiveCD and doing a fresh install.  This method has its benefits but, for many users and environments, using the package repository online method is far superior.  First we need to make...

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Pidgin sipe – Read error

Had to set this in my profile file export NSS_SSL_CBC_RANDOM_IV=0 References http://blog.mattwoodward.com/2012/08/pidgin-sipe-and-read-error-on-ubutnu.html http://shivdev.com/blog/2012/10/05/pidgin-sipe-errors-and-getting-it-to-work/ http://www.dailyinfotech.com/showtread.php/pidgin-sipe-connection-error-after-upgrade-to-ubuntu-12-04 Related posts: Linux HDMI no sound with HDA Intel ALC269VB Cannot start mysqld (Fatal error: Can’t open and lock privilege tables: Incorrect file format ‘host’ )...

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Upgrading to cinnamon desktop version 1.6.4

Steps sudo apt-add-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install cinnamon   Alternative Enable romeo repo Click refresh – FTW   References How do I enable romeo repo? Start update manager from task tray (double click) Edit ->  Software sources...

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insync – Unofficial Google Drive client for Linux

Insync is Google Drive for power and business users. Steps Add repo Ubuntu # echo “deb http://apt.insynchq.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) non-free” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/insync.list Debian # echo “deb http://apt.insynchq.com/debian $(lsb_release -cs) non-free” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list Linux Mint #...

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Linux mint must have apps

Here is my list of must have applications on Linux Mint (right now on Mint 13) terminator jupiter insync Upgrade to cinnamon 1.6.x synapse launcher tomboy notes in startup Latest thunderbird (setup with MS Exchange with full calendar, addressbook, contacts photo support) wine pidgin (with sipe)...