# Preferred OS for Raspberry Pi

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/preferred-os-for-raspberry-pi/71586>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/preferred-os-for-raspberry-pi/71586 "2021-11-16T13:21:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jake/32/46007_2.png) [@Jake](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/preferred-os-for-raspberry-pi/71586/1 "2021-11-16T13:21:05Z")

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I mostly use Windows and VSCode when using Julia. I am familiar with Ubuntu.

I have a Raspberry Pi 4 with 8 Gig of RAM and an MCC\_172 HAT, which I am working on getting accessible to Julia.

So far I have used Raspbian 32 bit. It is time switch to 64 bit. The MCC library says it works with Linux and Raspbian. Using VSCode would certainly be convenient. I am wondering what people’s experience with different operating systems on the Raspberry Pi has been to give me some direction.

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/preferred-os-for-raspberry-pi/71586/2 "2021-11-16T14:08:44Z")

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Typically distributions for interactive usage are some variant of Linux, so whichever you prefer will be fine for Julia. I would stick with Raspbian or Ubuntu.