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Tiny Core Linux is a 16 MB graphical Linux desktop. It is based on a recent Linux kernel, BusyBox, Tiny X, Fltk, and Flwm. The core runs entirely in memory and boots very quickly. The user has complete control over which applications and/or additional hardware to have supported, be it for a desktop, a nettop, an appliance or server; selectable from the project's online repository.
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2013-04-16 |
NEW • Distribution Release: OpenELEC 3.0.1 |
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Stephan Raue has announced the release of OpenELEC 3.0.1, an updated version of the specialist Linux distribution built around XBMC, the open-source entertainment media hub: "The OpenELEC team is proud to release OpenELEC 3.0.1. Changelog: update to XBMC 12.1.6 (XBMC Frodo 12.1 with many bug fixes which will be released with the upcoming XBMC Frodo 12.2), this includes various fixes for Audio Engine, Raspberry Pi and other; update RPi patches; update to Boost 1_53_0; update to DVB firmware 0.0.33; update to alsa-lib 1.0.27; update to GCC 4.7.3; update to systemd 200; added support for TechniSat SkyStar S2 card with CX24120-13Z front-end; XBMC - readd Hi10p patches; Linux kernel - add ALSA upstream patches, backported from 3.8.7; Linux kernel add network related upstream patches, backported from 3.8.7; fix for issue #1987, the problem exists in the jmicron 1.0.8.5 source...." Here is the full release announcement. Please check the project's download page for a full list of available builds; here is a quick link to the "generic" image: OpenELEC-Generic.i386-3.0.1.tar.bz2 (163MB). |
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About OpenELEC
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OpenELEC is a Linux-based embedded operating system built specifically to run Kodi, the open source entertainment media hub. The idea behind OpenELEC is to allow people to use their Home Theatre PC (HTPC) like any other device one might have attached to a TV, like a DVD player or Sky box. Instead of having to manage a full operating system, configure it and install the packages required to turn it into a hybrid media center, OpenELEC is designed to be simple to install, manage and use, making it more like running a set-top box than a full-blown computer.
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2017-04-10 |
Distribution Release: OpenELEC 8.0.0 |
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Stephan Raue has announced the release of OpenELEC 8.0.0, a new feature release of the project's specialist, Linux-based distribution built around Kodi, an open-source media and entertainment software: "The OpenELEC 8.0 (internal version 8.0.0) release has been published. Users running older OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to update manually. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions and advice on the Wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. OpenELEC 8.0.0 is a feature release. The main changes are: new platform, WeTek Play 2Play 2, supported with its own build; WeTek Play 2 brings endless entertainment to your living room, enjoy the latest movies and series in 4K UHD, play games, browse the internet, keep up with the news, or use the DVB modular tuner to watch thousands of TV channels via satellite, terrestrial and cable connections; new platform, WeTek Hub, supported by its own build; Raspberry Pi Zero W supported by Raspberry Pi builds...." Read the rest of the release announcement for a full list of changes and improvements. OpenELEC 8.0 is available for WeTek, Raspberry Pi and Freescale iMX6 platforms; see the project's download page for links. Here is a quick link to the "generic" image: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-8.0.0.img.gz (212MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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2016-12-29 |
Distribution Release: OpenELEC 7.0.0 |
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OpenELEC is a Linux-based distribution designed to act as a media hub and, in particular, to run the Kodi media software. The project has released a new version, OpenELEC 7.0.0, which supports WeTek Core devices, includes updated AMDGPU video drivers and offers users Kodi 16.1. The project has also introduced Bluetooth and OpenVPN support. "The OpenELEC 7.0 (internal version 7.0.0) release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 6.95.1 or later with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded and enabled in some hours. Users running older OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the Wiki before updating." A list of new features and changes can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-7.0.0.img.gz (221MB). |
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2016-03-01 |
Distribution Release: OpenELEC 6.0.2 |
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Christian Hewitt has announced the release of OpenELEC 6.0.2, the latest stable version of the specialist distribution featuring Kodi, an open-source media entertainment software: "The OpenELEC 6.0.2 release has been published. Users running OpenELEC 5.95.1 thru 6.0.1 with auto-update enabled will be prompted on-screen to reboot and apply the update once it has been downloaded. Users running older OpenELEC releases or with auto-update disabled will need to manually update. If you would like to update from an older OpenELEC release please read update instructions/advice on the wiki before updating. Manual update files can be obtained from the downloads page. OpenELEC 6.0.2 is a maintenance release but has some new features backported from our upcoming OpenELEC 7.0 release. The main fixes are: full RaspberryPi 3 support including onboard WLAN and Bluetooth; fixes to our settings add-on, including fixes for backup and restore; add more USB-WLAN drivers to WeTek Play and WeTek OpenELEC box builds...." Continue to the release announcement for more information. Download the generic compressed image from here: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-6.0.2.img.gz (167MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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2016-01-30 |
Distribution Release: OpenELEC 6.0.1 |
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The OpenELEC team has published an update to the project's 6.0.x series. The new version, OpenELEC 6.0.1, focuses on bug fixes and minor adjustments to the embedded media distribution. "OpenELEC 6.0.1 is a maintenance release so there are no new features. The main fixes are: libCEC has been bumped to 3.0.1 to solve some outstanding issues for RPi/RPi2 users. Firmware to support the Cubox-i4pro Bluetooth chipset has been added. SSL issues seen with some HTTPS streams are resolved with an update to embedded CA certificates. Firmware for Intel wifi devices has been updated to resolve (or at least improve) some networking issues. Kodi Isengard DVB add-ons have been updated and pushed to the official repo. Boot partition size for new installations has been increased to 512MB." Further details and upgrade instructions can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-6.0.1.img.gz (167MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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2015-11-02 |
Distribution Release: OpenELEC 6.0 |
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Stephan Raue has announced the release of OpenELEC 6.0, a major new version of the specialist Linux distribution designed for media centres and featuring the brand-new Kodi 15.2 media centre software: "The OpenELEC team is proud to announce OpenELEC 6.0 (6.0.0) The most visible change is Kodi 15.2 (Isengard). Beginning with Kodi 15.0, most audio encoder, audio decoder, PVR and visualisation add-ons are no longer pre-bundled into OpenELEC but can be downloaded from the Kodi add-on repository if required. PVR backends, such as VDR and TVHeadend, will install needed dependencies automatically. We now officially support WeTek's WeTek_Play device with a build that installs to internal NAND and dual-boots with Android on an SD card. The iMX6 build extends support to all Solidrun CuBox-i/TV, Solidrun Hummingboard devices and the OSMC Vero. We recommend CuBox-i2eX / Hummingboard-i2eX or better devices. Under the hood there are updates to FFmpeg 2.6, MESA 10.6, X.Org Server 1.17, libva 1.6, systemd 219, Binutils 2.25, glibc 2.22, LibreSSL 2.1.7, LLVM 3.6 and Linux kernel 4.1 (except for iMX6 and WeTek_Play)." Continue to the release announcement for more details. Download the installation USB image from here: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-6.0.0.img.gz (158MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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2015-08-24 |
Development Release: OpenELEC 6.0 Beta 4 |
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The developers of OpenELEC, a distribution for embedded home entertainment computers, have announced the release of a new test version. The new development release, OpenELEC 6.0 Beta 4, ships with a number of important upgrades, including Kodi 15.1. The OpenELEC project has also introduced official support for the WeTek_Play device. "The OpenELEC team is proud to announce the fourth beta of OpenELEC 6.0 (v5.95.4) The most visible change is Kodi 15.1 (Isengard). Beginning with Kodi 15.0 most audio encoder, audio decoder, PVR and visualization addons are no longer pre-bundled into OpenELEC but can be downloaded from the Kodi addon repo if required. PVR backends such as VDR and TVHeadend will install needed dependencies automatically. For further information on Kodi 15.1 please read. We now officially support WeTek's WeTek_Play device with a build that installs to internal NAND and dual-boots with Android on an SD Card." Further information on the latest beta can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-5.95.4.img.gz (157MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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2015-06-16 |
Development Release: OpenELEC 6.0 Beta 2 |
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The developers of OpenELEC, an independent, embedded distribution for home entertainment systems, have announced the availability of a new Beta release. The new release of OpenELEC, version 6.0 Beta 2, features a number of software upgrades and improvements to the Kodi media centre software. "The OpenELEC team is proud to announce its 2nd Beta of OpenELEC 6.0. Internally this will be known by the less-catchy name OpenELEC 5.95.2. The OpenELEC 5.95 release series are test releases (beta) for OpenELEC-6.0. OpenELEC-6.0 will be the next stable release, which is a feature release and the successor of OpenELEC-5.0. The most visible change is the update from Kodi-14.2 Helix to Kodi-15.0 Isengard (beta 2). Beginning with Kodi-15 most audio encoder, audio decoder, PVR and visualization addons are no longer included in our base OS, but they are available via Kodi's addon manager and must be installed from there, if needed. Our own PVR backends such as VDR and TVHeadend will install needed dependencies automatically." Further information on the Beta release can be found in the project's release announcement. Downloads: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-5.95.2.img.gz (149MB, SHA256). |
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2015-05-08 |
Development Release: OpenELEC 6.0 Beta 1 |
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Stephan Raue has announced the availability of the first beta release of OpenELEC 6.0, an upcoming new stable release of the project's multimedia distribution featuring the Kodi entertainment media hub: "The OpenELEC team is proud to announce its 1st beta of OpenELEC 6.0. The most visible change is the update from Kodi 14.2 'Helix' to Kodi 15.0 'Isengard' (beta 1). Beginning with Kodi 15 most audio encoder, audio decoder, PVR and visualisation ad-dons are no longer included in our base OS, but they are available via Kodi's add-on manager and must be installed from there, if needed. Our own PVR backends such as VDR and TVHeadend will install needed dependencies automatically. Our OS is updated to latest FFmpeg (2.6), MESA (10.5), Linux kernel 4.0 (except iMX6 / WeTek_Play platform), systemd (219), Binutils (2.25), glibc (2.21), LibreSSL (2.1.6) and LLVM (3.6). Also we updated the whole OS with recent releases of all packages and we added support for X.Org's new input driver system based on libinput and updated many X.Org libraries and GPU drivers to more modern releases." See the complete release announcement for additional details. Download (MD5) the generic x86_64 disk image from here: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-5.95.1.img.gz (139MB). |
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2014-12-28 |
Distribution Release: OpenELEC 5.0 |
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Stephan Raue has announced the release of OpenELEC 5.0, an updated release of the distribution designed for media centres - now with the news Kodi 14 media centre software a build for Freescale iMX6 devices: "The OpenELEC team is proud to announce OpenELEC 5.0. OpenELEC 5.0 is the latest stable release, which is a feature release and the successor of OpenELEC 4.2. The headline change is the update from XBMC 13 (Gotham) to Kodi 14 (Helix) and the big switch from XBMC to Kodi branding. Both project teams have conducted a major find/replace but if you spot residual mentions of XBMC anywhere please let us know. The name change affects more than the GUI; all references in code have been changed and in the OpenELEC filesystem /storage/.xbmc will be recreated as a symlink to /storage/.kodi to ensure hardcoded paths in add-ons or scripts continue to work. For information on Kodi 14 you can find here." Read the release announcement for further information. Download the generic, Raspberry Pi or Freescale iMX6 builds from here: OpenELEC-Generic.x86_64-5.0.0.tar (146MB), OpenELEC-RPi.arm-5.0.0.tar (104MB), OpenELEC-imx6.arm-5.0.0.tar (93.0MB). |
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