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Switching from Ubuntu Unity to LXDE
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Diagnosing Memory “Leaks” in Python
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Hadoop from a Python Perspective
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Sqoop/HBase Quickstart on Linux
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High availability via client libraries versus dedicated services
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Write CSV data into Hive and Python
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