OpenELEC
Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center
Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center (OpenELEC) is a small Linux based Just Enough Operating System (JeOS) built from scratch as a platform to turn your computer into a Kodi media center.
OpenELEC is designed to make your system boot fast.
The install is so easy, anyone can turn a blank PC into a media machine in less than 15 minutes.
- It's completely free!
- A full install is only 90-125MB using only minimal hardware requirements
- Simple installers & diskimages for HDD, SSD, Compact Flash, SD card, USB etc.
- Now one generic build for Nvidia, AMD, Intel based on x64/x86-64 hardware
- Separate builds for Raspberry Pi 1 and 2, and Apple TV (upto v4.2.1, now deprecated)
- Freescale iMX6 ARM builds for Cubox-i, CuboxTV and Hummingboard boxes
- Simple configuration through the Kodi & OpenELEC interfaces
- Plug and Play external storage
- File sharing via the SAMBA file protocol out-of-the-box
We invite everyone to actively participate in the OpenELEC community. In a short time we have become a bustling project with many keen users of all skill levels helping out daily. OpenELEC is for everyone and following us on social media not only keeps you up to date but helps the project by letting more people know about us.
- Forum: http://openelec.tv/forum
- IRC: #openelec on freenode.net (also avaible via our webchat)
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/openelec
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OpenELEC
- Google+: https://plus.google.com/+openelec
OpenELEC
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
OpenELEC (short for Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is a Linux distribution designed for home theater PCs and based on the Kodi (formerly XBMC) media player.
OpenELEC applies the "just enough operating system" principle. It is designed to consume relatively few resources and to boot quickly from flash memory.[2][3][4][5][6] OpenELEC disk images for the Raspberry Pi series and Freescale i.MX6 based devices are also available.[7]
The OpenELEC team released OpenELEC 4.0 on 5 May 2014, and this version features updated XBMC 13.0 with further updated important parts of the operating system as well as the Linux kernel updated to version 3.14 and additional device drivers.[8] OpenELEC 4.0 also switched its init system to systemd.[9]