In this presentation we will do a quick overview of the Raspberry Pi 64-bit development; discuss the pros and cons of the 64-bit Pi OS; and, then (re)introduce the Raspberry Pi Imager. At the end, we can noodle around on a demo machine and answer any questions.
- 2016: Raspberry Pi 3 introduces the ARMv8-A architecture (encompassing the 64-bit AArch64 architecture and associated A64 instruction set).
- May 2020: Pi OS 64-bit beta released.
- Feb 2, 2022: Pi OS 64-bit released for the public.
- Current: Pi OS 64-bit is based on Debian Bullseye.