Is there a 64bit desktop for the Raspberry Pi 4B?
I'm hoping to get the standard 64bit Ubuntu desktop on the 8GB RPi. Does this animal exist?
The page:
https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi
says the 64 bit Ubuntu Desktop version 21.04 is available for:
Raspberry Pi 400, Raspberry Pi CM4
I am happy to confirm it also runs on a Pi4 and for me it is a big improvement over 20.10.
I had a problem with 21.04 initially but having clicked the button to switch from Wayland to Xorg it now works perfectly. The Wayland issue seems to be related to the use of a Logitech wireless keyboard.
Yes, it's described in the tutorial on the Ubuntu website:
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-your-raspberry-pi#5-install-a-desktop
The standard desktop is: sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
You can also choose another desktop flavor among these:
https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours
This blog post comments on the efficiency and suitability of some of the desktop flavors.
https://waldorf.waveform.org.uk/2020/ubuntu-desktops-on-the-pi.html