# Best Operating System for the Juliaverse

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**Created:** [June 12, 2021, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/best-operating-system-for-the-juliaverse/62795 "2021-06-12T13:30:51Z")\
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The only true answer is linux 😉 (I use System76’s Pop!\_OS)

There are a few existing threads that might be helpful.

> [@Linux users of Julia: Which distro do you use?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/linux-users-of-julia-which-distro-do-you-use/48913):
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> Since Ubuntu 20.10 was just released and Fedora 33 around the corner I am rethinking my setup (coincidentally there is a public holiday on Monday in Austria so I have time to mess around) Any recommendations / cool tipps tricks?

> [@Mac or Windows for better Julia experience?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/mac-or-windows-for-better-julia-experience/40404):
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> Hello All, I have been working with Julia on Windows for about 3 years, more specifically with JuMP for energy systems optimization. There has always been a pain to install some packages and some “unusual tricks” are required to get them running. Most of the solutions provided here are for Mac users or they simply cannot be reproduced on other machines. This is especially frustrating for new Julia users on Windows, whom I teach energy systems optimization. I do not know if these pains are co…

> [@What does your (private) computing setup look like?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-does-your-private-computing-setup-look-like/38230):
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> Hi folks, due to the current suboptimal state of the universe I am spending a lot of time in front of my computer(s) at home and looking for ways to streamline my setup. Since I am also struggling with severe analysis paralysis, I would like to hear what everybody else is using for their Julia work! Disclaimer: I do not want to start a flame war and I am aware that I am most certainly having a “first world problem”. I am mostly asking these questions because I want to have a low-stakes discuss…

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