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 ## Linux
 
-- Should work out of the box on most Linux distributions with `iproute2` installed.
+- Should work out of the box on most Linux distributions.
 - systemd service scripts are included in the `contrib/systemd/` folder so that it runs automatically in the background (using `/etc/yggdrasil.conf` for configuration), copy the service files into `/etc/systemd/system`, copy `yggdrasil` into your `$PATH`, i.e. `/usr/bin`, and then enable the service:
 ```
 systemctl enable yggdrasil
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ systemctl start yggdrasil
 systemctl status yggdrasil
 journalctl -u yggdrasil
 ```
+- If you are running a Debian-based system (including Ubuntu and elementaryOS), you may instead prefer to use the [automatically built](builds.md) Debian packages. These install the systemd scripts and generate a configuration file into `/etc/yggdrasil.conf` automatically, and can be easily upgraded when needed.
 
 ## macOS