apache hadoop versions 2.0 vs. 0.23

Question

There are so many Hadoop versions and different distributions which make me confused. I have a few questions.

1. Apache Hadoop 1.x is from 0.20.205?
2. Apache H

Answer 1

hadoop release 1.0.0 is avalable from 0.20.x

As a rule of thumb,remember

1.xx is = 0.20.0 2.xx is > 0.20.0

We can easily remember and choose the correct apache distribution for hadoop cluster setup.