The Natural Philosopher <
tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
On 29/07/2023 06:53, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
Pi Zero 2s still seem to be onobtanium in Australia (except in
expensive "kits", as usual). One supplier is offering Pi Zero 2
orders for expected delivery in December, but they do have Pi
Zeros and Pi 4s available now.
Is the zero 2 simply more ram and a bigger cpu?
Same size RAM, but quad core and 64bit CPU. The CPU clock speed is
the same, but being a later version of the architecture it's
theoretically a little faster for single-threaded stuff too.
The later arch means that it will run programs in the RPi OS repo
where the RPi OS people have secretly used packages from Debian
to avoid needing to rebuild them themselves, and those Debian
packages aren't compatible with the Pi Zero's CPU (and I'm rather
grumpy that they left me to find this out the hard way, rather
than documenting what they do).
The Zero 2 uses significantly more power than the Pi Zero or Zero W
though.
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