diff --git a/experimental/ubuntu/bionic/Dockerfile b/experimental/ubuntu/bionic/Dockerfile
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+# This will create an image based on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS (Bionic Beaver) which includes several improvements over 16.0
+# For information on various Ubuntu releases: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history 
+# This will include python, scala, and R support. R will be based on Microsoft R Open
+# This will provide an image that has parity with the standard Databricks runtime but based on Ubuntu Bionic
+
+# First, use the databricks standard image and copy the databricks folder
+FROM databricksruntime/standard AS BaseImage
+
+# Pull the bionic image from the ubuntu hub and use that as the base image for the new container
+FROM ubuntu:bionic
+
+# Copy the databricks folder to the bionic image
+# This really is cheating, we could easily install conda from scratch. The idea here was to make sure that we started from a known good databricks perspective
+COPY --from=BaseImage /databricks /databricks
+
+# Make sure that the appropriate pieces for the Databricks runtimes are included
+# Databricks runtime requirements are found here: https://docs.databricks.com/clusters/custom-containers.html 
+# First install the OpenJDK8 (Spark requires JDK 8, which is no longer available from Oracle) along with iproute2 and sudo, which are required
+
+RUN apt-get update \
+&& apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk iproute2 sudo \
+&& apt-get clean;
+
+# Fix any certificate errors
+RUN apt-get update \
+&& apt-get install -y ca-certificates-java \
+&& apt-get clean \
+&& update-ca-certificates -f;
+
+# Ensure that the JAVA_HOME is properly set
+ENV JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/
+RUN export JAVA_HOME 
+
+# Add the proper Conda environment file
+COPY env.yml /databricks/.conda-env-def/env.yml
+
+# Now Configure Conda to use the environment file and ensure the script is sourced for all shells  
+RUN /databricks/conda/bin/conda env create --file /databricks/.conda-env-def/env.yml \
+&& ln -s /databricks/conda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh /etc/profile.d/conda.sh
+
+# Conda recommends using strict channel priority speed up conda operations and reduce package incompatibility problems.
+# Set always_yes to avoid needing -y flags, and improve conda experience in Databricks notebooks.
+RUN /databricks/conda/bin/conda config --system --set channel_priority strict \
+&& /databricks/conda/bin/conda config --system --set always_yes True
+
+# This environment variable must be set to indicate which conda environment to activate.
+# Note that currently, we have to set both of these environment variables. The first one is necessary to indicate that this runtime supports conda.
+# The second one is necessary so that the python notebook/repl can be started (won't work without it)
+ENV DEFAULT_DATABRICKS_ROOT_CONDA_ENV=dcs-std
+ENV DATABRICKS_ROOT_CONDA_ENV=dcs-std
+
+# Setup the timezone correctly for non-interactive installs
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ENV TZ=America/Phoenix
+RUN apt-get install -y tzdata  
+
+# Now that the python and conda environments are properly configured, install Microsoft R Open
+# And add the necessary Spark libraries for R
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y curl libcurl4-openssl-dev wget libssl-dev libxml2-dev \
+ && apt-get install -y software-properties-common apt-transport-https r-base-dev\
+ && apt-get clean;
+
+ # Configure apt to use Microsoft package repository and appropriate public key
+ RUN curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add - \
+ && apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/18.04/prod \ 
+ && apt-get update 
+
+ # Download Microsoft R Open and install, then add Spark-specific libraries 
+ RUN wget https://mran.blob.core.windows.net/install/mro/3.5.3/ubuntu/microsoft-r-open-3.5.3.tar.gz \
+ && tar -xf microsoft-r-open-3.5.3.tar.gz \
+ && cd microsoft-r-open \
+ && ./install.sh -a -s \
+ && R -e "install.packages('htmltools', repo = 'https://cran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2019-06-19/')" \
+ && R -e "install.packages('Rserve')" \
+ && R -e "install.packages('hwriterPlus', repo = 'https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2017-02-26')" \
+ && R -e "install.packages('sparklyr')"
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diff --git a/experimental/ubuntu/bionic/env.yml b/experimental/ubuntu/bionic/env.yml
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+name: dcs-std
+channels:
+  - default
+dependencies:
+  - pip:
+    - pyarrow==0.13.0
+  - python=3.7.3
+  - six=1.12.0
+  - nomkl=3
+  - ipython=7.4.0
+  - numpy=1.16.2
+  - pandas=0.24.2
+  - matplotlib=3.1.2
diff --git a/experimental/ubuntu/mxnet/Dockerfile b/experimental/ubuntu/mxnet/Dockerfile
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+# Grab the latest Databricks runtime (ubuntu)
+FROM databricksruntime/standard:latest
+
+# Install the latest python3 dev tools along with pip3
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y wget python3-dev gcc && \
+    wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && \
+    python3 get-pip.py
+    
+# Install the latest xml2 package which will be required by Roxygen in MXNet
+RUN apt-get install libxml2-dev libssl-dev gfortran libcurl4-gnutls-dev -y
+
+# Install Microsoft R Open and then add the necessary Spark libraries
+RUN apt-get update \
+ && apt-get install -y curl libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+ && apt-get install -y software-properties-common apt-transport-https r-base-dev\
+ && apt-add-repository https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/16.04/prod \
+ && apt-get update \
+ && curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add - \
+ && wget https://mran.blob.core.windows.net/install/mro/3.5.3/ubuntu/microsoft-r-open-3.5.3.tar.gz \
+ && tar -xf microsoft-r-open-3.5.3.tar.gz \
+ && cd microsoft-r-open \
+ && ./install.sh -a -s \
+ && R -e "install.packages('htmltools', repo = 'https://cran.microsoft.com/snapshot/2019-06-19/')" \
+ && R -e "install.packages('Rserve')" \
+ && R -e "install.packages('hwriterPlus', repo = 'https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot/2017-02-26')" 
+
+# Setup the timezone correctly for non-interactive installs
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+ENV TZ=America/Phoenix
+RUN apt-get install -y tzdata    
+
+# Install the required build tools
+RUN apt-get install -y build-essential git ninja-build ccache libopenblas-dev libopencv-dev cmake
+
+# Even though we just installed cmake, we have to update it to the correct version
+RUN pip3 install --user --upgrade "cmake>=3.13.2" 
+RUN cp ~/.local/bin/cmake /usr/bin/cmake 
+
+# Now we have to update gcc/g++ to version 7.5 (I put these on individual commands as I was having difficulty combining them)
+RUN apt-get install -y software-properties-common 
+RUN add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+RUN apt update
+RUN apt install g++-7 -y
+RUN update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-7 60 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-7
+RUN update-alternatives --config gcc
+
+# Since we updated the default compiler, we need to make some changes to the R Makeconf to ensure that it is properly used
+COPY Makeconf /opt/microsoft/ropen/3.5.3/lib64/R/etc/Makeconf
+
+# Grab the MxNet Source and Build it! These instructions can be found here: https://mxnet.apache.org/get_started/ubuntu_setup.html
+
+RUN git clone --recursive https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet.git mxnet \
+&& cd mxnet \
+&& cp config/linux.cmake config.cmake
+RUN rm -rf /mxnet/build 
+RUN mkdir /mxnet/build \
+&& cd /mxnet/build \
+&& cmake -GNinja .. \
+&& cmake --build .
+
+# Now add R libraries that are specific to our environment
+RUN R -e "install.packages('Rcpp')" \
+ && R -e "install.packages('DiagrammeR')" \
+ && R -e "install.packages('data.table')" \
+ && R -e "install.packages('roxygen2')"
+
+ # Create the python bindings for MXNet
+ RUN cd /mxnet/python \
+ && /databricks/conda/envs/dcs-minimal/bin/pip install --user -e .
+
+ # Now create the R MXNet bindings
+ RUN cd /mxnet \
+ && make -f R-package/Makefile rpkg
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diff --git a/experimental/ubuntu/mxnet/Makeconf b/experimental/ubuntu/mxnet/Makeconf
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+# etc/Makeconf.  Generated from Makeconf.in by configure.
+#
+# ${R_HOME}/etc/Makeconf
+#
+# R was configured using the following call
+# (not including env. vars and site configuration)
+# configure  '--verbose' '--with-x=yes' '--prefix=/builddir/target/R/Linux' '--enable-R-shlib' '--enable-BLAS-shlib' '--enable-memory-profiling' '--with-libpng' '--with-ICU' '--with-jpeglib' '--with-tcltk' '--with-tcl-config=/builddir/vendor/build/lib/tclConfig.sh' '--with-tk-config=/builddir/vendor/build/lib/tkConfig.sh' 'TCLTK_LIBS=-pthread -lz -lX11 -lXft -ltcl8.6 -ltk8.6 -lz' 'TCLTK_CPPFLAGS=-pthread' 'R_SHELL=/bin/bash' 'PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/builddir/vendor/build/lib/pkgconfig' 'CFLAGS=-I/builddir/vendor/build/include -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION -O2 -g' 'LDFLAGS=-L/builddir/vendor/build/lib' 'LIBS=-licui18n -licuuc -licudata -lstdc++' 'CPPFLAGS=-I/builddir/vendor/build/include -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION' 'CXXFLAGS=-I/builddir/vendor/build/include -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION -O2 -g'
+
+## This fails if it contains spaces, or if it is quoted
+include $(R_SHARE_DIR)/make/vars.mk
+
+AR = ar
+BLAS_LIBS = -L$(R_HOME)/lib$(R_ARCH) -lRblas
+C_VISIBILITY = -fvisibility=hidden
+CC = gcc -std=gnu99
+CFLAGS = -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION -O2 -g $(LTO)
+CPICFLAGS = -fpic
+CPPFLAGS = -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION
+CXX = g++ 
+CXXCPP = $(CXX) -E
+CXXFLAGS = -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION -O2 -g $(LTO)
+CXXPICFLAGS = -fpic
+CXX98 = g++
+CXX98FLAGS = -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION -O2 -g
+CXX98PICFLAGS = -fpic
+CXX98STD = 
+CXX11 = g++
+CXX11FLAGS = -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION -g -O2
+CXX11PICFLAGS = -fpic
+CXX11STD = -std=gnu++11
+CXX14 = 
+CXX14FLAGS = 
+CXX14PICFLAGS = 
+CXX14STD = 
+CXX17 = 
+CXX17FLAGS = 
+CXX17PICFLAGS = 
+CXX17STD = 
+DYLIB_EXT = .so
+DYLIB_LD = $(CC)
+DYLIB_LDFLAGS = -shared -fopenmp# $(CFLAGS) $(CPICFLAGS)
+DYLIB_LINK = $(DYLIB_LD) $(DYLIB_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+ECHO = echo
+ECHO_C = 
+ECHO_N = -n
+ECHO_T = 
+## NB, set FC before F77 as on Solaris make, setting FC sets F77
+FC = gfortran
+FCFLAGS = -g -O2 $(LTO)
+## additional libs needed when linking with $(FC), e.g. on some Oracle compilers
+FCLIBS = 
+F77 = gfortran
+F77_VISIBILITY = -fvisibility=hidden
+FFLAGS = -g -O2 $(LTO)
+##FLIBS =  -lgfortran -lm
+FLIBS = -lm
+FCPICFLAGS = -fpic
+FPICFLAGS = -fpic
+FOUNDATION_CPPFLAGS = 
+FOUNDATION_LIBS = 
+JAR = 
+JAVA = 
+JAVAC = 
+JAVAH = 
+## JAVA_HOME might be used in the next three.  
+## They are for packages 'JavaGD' and 'rJava'
+JAVA_HOME = 
+JAVA_CPPFLAGS = 
+JAVA_LIBS = 
+JAVA_LD_LIBRARY_PATH = 
+LAPACK_LIBS = -L$(R_HOME)/lib$(R_ARCH) -lRlapack
+## we only need this is if it is external, as otherwise link to R
+LIBINTL= 
+LIBM = -lm
+LIBR0 = -L$(R_HOME)/lib$(R_ARCH)
+LIBR1 = -lR
+LIBR = -L$(R_HOME)/lib$(R_ARCH) -lR
+LIBS = 
+## needed by R CMD config
+LIBnn = lib64
+LIBTOOL = $(SHELL) "$(R_HOME)/bin/libtool"
+LDFLAGS = 
+LTO = 
+## needed to build applications linking to static libR
+MAIN_LD = $(CC)
+MAIN_LDFLAGS = -Wl,--export-dynamic -fopenmp
+MAIN_LINK = $(MAIN_LD) $(MAIN_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+MKINSTALLDIRS = $(R_HOME)/bin/mkinstalldirs
+OBJC = 
+OBJCFLAGS =  $(LTO)
+OBJC_LIBS = 
+OBJCXX = 
+R_ARCH = 
+RANLIB = ranlib
+SAFE_FFLAGS = -g -O2 -ffloat-store
+SED = /bin/sed
+SHELL = /bin/bash
+SHLIB_CFLAGS = 
+SHLIB_CXXFLAGS = 
+SHLIB_CXXLD = $(CXX)
+SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS = -shared
+SHLIB_CXX98LD = $(CXX98) $(CXX98STD)
+SHLIB_CXX98LDFLAGS = -shared
+SHLIB_CXX11LD = $(CXX11) $(CXX11STD)
+SHLIB_CXX11LDFLAGS = -shared
+SHLIB_CXX14LD = $(CXX14) $(CXX14STD)
+SHLIB_CXX14LDFLAGS = -shared
+SHLIB_CXX17LD = $(CXX17) $(CXX17STD)
+SHLIB_CXX17LDFLAGS = -shared
+SHLIB_EXT = .so
+SHLIB_FCLD = $(FC)
+SHLIB_FCLDFLAGS = -shared
+SHLIB_FFLAGS = 
+SHLIB_LD = $(CC)
+SHLIB_LDFLAGS = -shared# $(CFLAGS) $(CPICFLAGS)
+SHLIB_LIBADD = 
+## We want to ensure libR is picked up from $(R_HOME)/lib
+## before e.g. /usr/local/lib if a version is already installed.
+SHLIB_LINK = $(SHLIB_LD) $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) $(LIBR0) $(LDFLAGS)
+SHLIB_OPENMP_CFLAGS = -fopenmp
+SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS = -fopenmp
+SHLIB_OPENMP_FCFLAGS = -fopenmp
+SHLIB_OPENMP_FFLAGS = -fopenmp
+STRIP_LIBS = strip --strip-unneeded
+STRIP_STATIC_LIBS = strip --strip-debug
+TCLTK_CPPFLAGS = -pthread 
+TCLTK_LIBS = -pthread -lz -lX11 -lXft -ltcl8.6 -ltk8.6 -lz
+YACC = bison -y
+
+## legacy
+CXX1X = 
+CXX1XFLAGS = 
+CXX1XPICFLAGS = 
+CXX1XSTD = 
+SHLIB_CXX1XLD = $(CXX11) $(CXX11STD)
+SHLIB_CXX1XLDFLAGS = -shared
+
+
+## for linking to libR.a
+STATIC_LIBR = # -Wl,--whole-archive "$(R_HOME)/lib$(R_ARCH)/libR.a" -Wl,--no-whole-archive $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)  $(LIBINTL) -lreadline -lncurses  $(LIBS)
+
+R_XTRA_CFLAGS = 
+R_XTRA_CPPFLAGS =  -I$(R_INCLUDE_DIR) -DNDEBUG
+R_XTRA_CXXFLAGS = 
+R_XTRA_FFLAGS = 
+
+ALL_CFLAGS = $(R_XTRA_CFLAGS) $(PKG_CFLAGS) $(CPICFLAGS) $(SHLIB_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+ALL_CPPFLAGS = $(R_XTRA_CPPFLAGS) $(PKG_CPPFLAGS) $(CLINK_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
+ALL_CXXFLAGS = $(R_XTRA_CXXFLAGS) $(PKG_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXPICFLAGS) $(SHLIB_CXXFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS)
+ALL_OBJCFLAGS = $(PKG_OBJCFLAGS) $(CPICFLAGS) $(SHLIB_CFLAGS) $(OBJCFLAGS)
+ALL_OBJCXXFLAGS = $(PKG_OBJCXXFLAGS) $(CXXPICFLAGS) $(SHLIB_CXXFLAGS) $(OBJCXXFLAGS)
+ALL_FFLAGS = $(R_XTRA_FFLAGS) $(PKG_FFLAGS) $(FPICFLAGS) $(SHLIB_FFLAGS) $(FFLAGS)
+## LIBR here as a couple of packages use this without SHLIB_LINK
+ALL_LIBS = $(PKG_LIBS) $(SHLIB_LIBADD) $(LIBR)# $(LIBINTL)
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+.SUFFIXES: .c .cc .cpp .d .f .f90 .f95 .m .mm .M .o
+
+.c.o:
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+.c.d:
+	@echo "making $@ from $<"
+	@$(CC) -MM $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $< > $@
+.m.d:
+	@echo > $@
+.cc.o:
+	$(CXX) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+.cpp.o:
+	$(CXX) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+.cc.d:
+	@echo "making $@ from $<"
+	@$(CXX) -M $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $< > $@
+.cpp.d:
+	@echo "making $@ from $<"
+	@$(CXX) -M $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $< > $@
+.m.o:
+	$(OBJC) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_OBJCFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+.mm.o:
+	$(OBJCXX) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_OBJCXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+.M.o:
+	$(OBJCXX) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_OBJCXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+.f.o:
+	$(F77) $(ALL_FFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+.f95.o:
+	$(FC) $(PKG_FCFLAGS) $(FCPICFLAGS) $(FCFLAGS) -c  $< -o $@
+.f90.o:
+	$(FC) $(PKG_FCFLAGS) $(FCPICFLAGS) $(FCFLAGS) -c  $< -o $@