Raspberry Pi OS launches 64-bit official version
64-bit operating systems have long been mainstream in today’s PCs and mobile phones, but for Raspberry Pi users, it is a long-awaited thing. After years of testing, the official OS of the Raspberry Pi has finally announced the official switch to 64-bit.
In fact, starting from Raspberry Pi 3, subsequent Raspberry Pis all use 64-bit arm64 core CPUs. The official foundation also began to provide beta 64-bit systems as early as 2016, but the official version has not been released. The official explanation for this is that they want to maintain the maximum compatibility of the OS. After all, there are plenty of first and second-generation Raspberry Pis that are 32-bit hardware, and they don’t want to confuse users.
However, considering the continuous updating of hardware, the 32-bit OS is really unable to exert the maximum performance of the new generation of Raspberry Pi. For example, Raspberry Pi 4 is already equipped with 8GB of memory. On a 32-bit system, you need to cooperate with plug-ins to call all the memory. In addition, in terms of software development, some closed-source software now only supports 64-bit cores, and even open-source software is no longer optimized for 32-bit cores, so it is indeed time to switch to 64-bit OS.
Now the new system also installs the 64-bit Chromium web browser by default, and the experience will be better with the large-capacity Raspberry Pi 4. So users of Raspberry Pi 3 and after Zero 2, hurry up and download the new 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS image and upgrade it.
Now the new system also installs the 64-bit Chromium web browser by default, and the experience will be better with the large-capacity Raspberry Pi 4. So users of Raspberry Pi 3 and after Zero 2, hurry up and download the new 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS image and upgrade it.
