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In an earlier post I have explained how to run Python+Spark program with Jupyter on local machine and in a subsequent post , I will explain how the same can be done an AWS EMR cluster of multiple machines. In this post, I explain how this can be done on a single EC2 machine instance running Ubuntu on Amazon AWS. The strategy described in this blog post is based on strategies described in posts written by Jose Marcial Portilla and Chris Albon . We assume that you have a basic familiarity with AWS services like EC2 machines, S3 data storage and concept of keypairs and an account with Amazon AWS. You may use your Amazon eCommerce account but you may also create one on the AWS login page . This tutorial is based on Ubuntu and assumes that  you have a basic familiarity with the SSH command and other general Linux file operation commands. 1. Login to AWS Go to the AWS console  ,login with userID and password, then go to the page with EC2 services. Unless you have used AWS ...

I achieved a major life-goal today when I managed to acquire a new machine which is completely free of Microsoft products ... Thanks to Financial Express and the Big Idea contest , I am now the proud owner of an HCL Ultraportable Notebook MiLeap .. and it was delivered today ... loaded with Ubuntu, the Linux distribution and the ease with which it became operational is amazing. I simply pushed the power button and the machine blinked to life. It offered me a choice of Ubuntu and DOS to boot up .. and when I pressed the Ubuntu option it asked me just three questions : my name (and password), my city / country and language. That was it ! Machine was up and operational !! I connected my Airtel broadband cable into the lan port and the machine sensed the network and hooked on. I fired up the Firefox browser and breezed into my portal. No problems .. not even with the bangla unicode font. I had to only download the Shockwave plugin to see some of my fancy stuff. Next stop OpenOffice .. whi...