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Supported Hardware
Raspberry Pi : Arm v6
The original Raspberry Pi contained an ARMv6 CPU. The Pi2, Pi3 and Pi4 can also run the v6 package, but Pi4 models
with more than 2GB of memory would run the risk of not being able to access memory above 3GB. The original Pi Zero
and wireless Pi Zero also make a home here whereas the Pi Zero 2W is more comfortable with the ARMv7 or ARMv8 packages.
Click here for more details on the Arm v6 package
Raspberry Pi : Arm v7
The Raspberry Pi 2 contains an ARMv7 CPU. The Pi3 and Pi4 can also run the v7 package, but Pi4 models
with more than 2GB of memory would run the risk of not being able to access memory above 3GB. The EC-9100
is also a board similar to the Raspberry Pi 2 intent but with a larger, commercially intended GPIO (two
40-pin), an onboard 4GB eMMC, etc.)
Click here for more details on the Arm v7 package
Raspberry Pi : Arm v8 (Aarch64)
The Raspberry Pi 3/3+ and Pi 4 contain an ARMv8 CPU. The Pi3 and Pi4 2GB can run the v7 package as their memory model
does not require a 64-bit operating system, but both models can use either v7 or v8 (aarch64) and Pi4 with 4GB or
more memory should use v8 to get the full potential of the board. For the Raspberry Pi 5, the Arm v8 package is a must
as it supports the necessary hardware drivers found only in the Pi5.
Click here for more details on the Arm v8 package
Intel/IBM/AMD : x86
The 32-bit PC, also known as the x86 platform here, spans back to the 80386 processors. For sake of hardware support
we're listing the Pentium processors as being the oldest hardware that we officially support (though our system
IS known to work on hardware that old - but don't expect miracles from 25+ year old computers!) Even 64-bit hardware
can operate under the 32-bit package with the understanding that if your machine has more than 3GB of memory, it may
not be able to utilize the entire memory range.
Click here for more details on the x86 package
Intel/IBM/AMD : x86_64
Finally, there's the 64-bit PC, also known as the x86_64 (or x64 for short) here. This is the “Go To” for today's younger
hardware but dates all the way back near the turn of the century with the AMD Opteron and Athlon processors!
Click here for more details on the x86_64 package
