<p>WSL is a hack for running Linux programs. Plutus Playground is very stable once it is installed on a stable platform. I had hosted a playground without any issue for more than a month that too without restart. It is highly recommended that Ubuntu or other Linux OS be used as a base platform than Windows.</p>

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Ubuntu is far better, just tried running plutus on it :chef_kiss:.
isuryanarayanan
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raghu
<p>I use a low end laptop as my daily driver running a <code>WSL Ubuntu-20.04</code> as my platform of choice. When trying to run the <code>plutus-playground</code> it often crashes. Should I try using Ubuntu or any other Linux boot for the development or will I get a similar experience there too.</p>

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Choosing Ubuntu over WSL for Plutus development
# Choosing Ubuntu over WSL for Plutus development

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-09-04)

I use a low end laptop as my daily driver running a `WSL Ubuntu-20.04` as my platform of choice. When trying to run the `plutus-playground` it often crashes. Should I try using Ubuntu or any other Linux boot for the development or will I get a similar experience there too.

**Tags:** plutus, plutus-playground, ubuntu

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-09-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

WSL is a hack for running Linux programs. Plutus Playground is very stable once it is installed on a stable platform. I had hosted a playground without any issue for more than a month that too without restart. It is highly recommended that Ubuntu or other Linux OS be used as a base platform than Windows.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Ubuntu is far better, just tried running plutus on it :chef_kiss:.  

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