# Why use Linkerd?

**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/why-use-linkerd/16876
**Category:** Rio
**Created:** [March 18, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/why-use-linkerd/16876 "2020-03-18T18:40:34Z")
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### Author: ![chb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@chb](https://forums.suse.com/u/chb)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/why-use-linkerd/16876/1 "2020-03-18T18:40:34Z")

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Hello,  
Why use Linkerd instead of Istio for Rio ?  
Thanks to enlighten me