From b857046a563dfae50d46a6fa8ff37546cc02f67f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aivar Annamaa <aivar.annamaa@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 20:54:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Recognize aarch64 as RPi

---
 thonny/misc_utils.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/thonny/misc_utils.py b/thonny/misc_utils.py
index 644204864..feb0549b5 100644
--- a/thonny/misc_utils.py
+++ b/thonny/misc_utils.py
@@ -45,8 +45,11 @@ def running_on_linux() -> bool:
 
 
 def running_on_rpi() -> bool:
+    machine_lower = platform.uname().machine.lower()
     return running_on_linux() and (
-        platform.uname().machine.lower().startswith("arm")
+        # not great heuristics, I know
+        machine_lower.startswith("arm")
+        or machine_lower.startswith("aarch64")
         or os.environ.get("DESKTOP_SESSION") == "LXDE-pi"
     )