# Running a Linea local testnet using Besu
**URL:** https://community.linea.build/t/running-a-linea-local-testnet-using-besu/7313
**Category:** Developer Support
**Created:** [March 4, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/running-a-linea-local-testnet-using-besu/7313 "2024-03-04T10:18:57Z")
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### Author:  [@user1441](https://community.linea.build/u/user1441)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/running-a-linea-local-testnet-using-besu/7313/1 "2024-03-04T10:18:57Z")
Hi, I want to run a local testnet in my computer for testing.
I’ve been following the official docs (/build-on-linea/run-a-node) in order to run a node in the public testnet and mainnet, but I can’t find information on how to do so in a local environment.
Looking on the Internet, I have been able to find this repository (/Consensys/linea-tutorials/tree/main), but it seems abandoned. And it uses Geth, while in the official docs it seems to imply that Besu will be the main node used in the future.
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### Author:  [@0xroo](https://community.linea.build/u/0xroo)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2024, 8:30am UTC](https://community.linea.build/t/running-a-linea-local-testnet-using-besu/7313/2 "2024-04-15T08:30:29Z")
Hi have you seen this it’s been updated: [Use a binary distribution | Linea](https://docs.linea.build/build-on-linea/run-a-node/use-binary)