The first thing that we must take into consideration when dealing with a product like this is to be clear about the type of use that we are going to give it. From there we can select the system that we want them to eat from the whole set. In this sense, there are more popular options than others, although most continue to be updated to adapt to the times. We tell you all this because the Raspberry Pi foundation announced just a few hours ago the availability of the final 64-bit version of the Raspberry Pi OS official distribution.
It is worth knowing this new version of the system is compatible with all Raspberry Pi devices with the 64 bit architecture. If we focus on the architecture section, we must know that, until now, the operating system, previously known as Raspbian, was only available as a 32-bit system. This was made extensible for all models of the board, from the first version to the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W.
But throughout these last few months, specifically since April 2021, the aforementioned foundation has been working on the Beta of a full 64-bit version. Specifically, we refer to its software Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS.
Take advantage of the new 64-bit system for Raspberry Pi
Well, right now we can confirm that the system has come out of Beta testing and is now ready for deployment to the entire world. Its developers are aware that there are many reasons to choose a 64-bit operating system instead of a 32-bit one. And it is that compatibility is a key element in this sense. Thus, once the new 64-bit system has been released for these mini PCs, we must know that it is compatible with Raspberry Pi 3B, 3B+, 3A+, version 4, 400, Compute Module 3, Compute Module 3+, Compute Module 4 and Raspberry Pi Zero 2W
For those who do not know, we tell you that an operating system with 64-bit architecture greatly improves RAM usage compared to a 32-bit one. Thanks to all this, the 64-bit operating system takes advantage of the 8 gigabytes of memory available in models like the Raspberry Pi 4. And it is that to date the 32-bit Raspberry Pi OS system used LPAE technology. Also known as the Large Physical Address Extension. With this it was possible to use up to 8 gigabytes of RAM in Raspberry Pi 4.
But for the benefit of the majority we can now forget about this thanks to the new 64-bit version. In order to test the new 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS, we can now download it from its official website.
