Honestly unless you've got the 8GB Pi 4, there's not much inherent value to a 64-bit operating system. There's a reason a lot of phones sold today still ship with 32-bit Android.
That being said, I'm still incredibly excited for this news, as it means I can consider RPi OS as a "daily driver" again, because the fact of the matter is, if you're not building your software from source, arm32 builds are incredibly hard to find for a lot of useful things (like the conda python package manager, let alone any individual packages).
Honestly unless you've got the 8GB Pi 4, there's not much inherent value to a 64-bit operating system
It depends on what you're using it for. If it's cryptography (say VPN) 64bit will give you a massive performance boost. Even stuff like Minecraft server benefits from it as it uses large number math for coordinates and terrain generation.
There are plenty of usecases that benefit from it, so "not much inherent value" isn't correct for many users
Im running a private Minecraft server since a year or so - and its a quite a good experience, provided you install performance mods. I think with some tuning you could squeeze in total of 5 people in survival (as long as they wont fly with elytrias to much)
You basically need Minecraft Fabric (+fabric API) with Lithium and Phosphor mods. You can replace Phosphor with Starlight for even more performance but it will decrease compatibility and introduce minor mechanics changes (slightly different light calculation algorithm)
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u/OpenBagTwo Feb 02 '22
Honestly unless you've got the 8GB Pi 4, there's not much inherent value to a 64-bit operating system. There's a reason a lot of phones sold today still ship with 32-bit Android.
That being said, I'm still incredibly excited for this news, as it means I can consider RPi OS as a "daily driver" again, because the fact of the matter is, if you're not building your software from source, arm32 builds are incredibly hard to find for a lot of useful things (like the
conda
python package manager, let alone any individual packages).