# Which is best linux distribution for Julia

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Rule 1 of using Julia on Linux (for most distros): Do not install Julia from the package manager but use the [generic binaries](https://julialang.org/downloads/) from the website instead.

Apart from that, I would say that Julia is pretty distro-agnostic. My recommendation for a beginner would be [Pop!\_OS](https://pop.system76.com/).

Have a look at this thread with lots of other recommendations:

> [@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?

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