OpenELEC

OpenELEC
DeveloperOpenELEC Team
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelOpen source
Initial release2009 (2009)
Latest release8.0.4[1] / 4 June 2017; 7 years ago (2017-06-04)
Update methodAutomatic
PlatformsARM, IA-32, x86-64
Kernel typeLinux
Default
user interface		Kodi
LicenseGNU GPL
Succeeded byLibreELEC
Official websiteopenelec.tv

OpenELEC (short for Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is a discontinued 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]

In March 2016, OpenELEC was forked after "creative differences", taking most of its active developers at the time to join the new LibreELEC project.[10][11][12]

  1. ^ Raue, Stephan. "OpenELEC Mediacenter - [Stable] OpenELEC 8.0.4 released". openelec.tv. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ^ "OpenELEC Is a Fast-Booting, Self-Updating Version of XBMC for Home Theater PCs". Lifehacker. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  3. ^ "XBMC-Focused OpenELEC 1.0 Released". Phoronix.com. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  4. ^ OpenELEC 1.0 released 26 October 2011 natethomas (26 October 2011). "OpenELEC 1.0 released". Xbmc.org. Archived from the original on 15 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ http://www.openelec.tv Archived 22 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine OpenELEC.tv Official Website
  6. ^ "OpenELEC Media Center Software on Launchpad". 18 March 2009.
  7. ^ Building and Installing OpenELEC for Raspberry Pi openelec.tv Archived 20 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
    "Raspberry Pi lands MPEG-2 and VC-1 decoding through personal licenses, H.264 encoding and CEC tag along". engadget.com. 26 August 2012..
    Raue, Stephan (28 December 2014). "OpenELEC Mediacenter - OpenELEC 5.0 released". openelec.tv. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  8. ^ "OpenELEC 4 offers simple XBMC install for standalone devices". betanews.com. 5 May 2014..
  9. ^ OpenELEC 4.0 released, 10 June 2014, archived from the original on 8 August 2016, retrieved 6 May 2014
  10. ^ "About LibreELEC.tv". libreelec.tv. 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  11. ^ "Forks". LibreELEC.wiki. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  12. ^ "LibreELEC.tv". GitHub. Retrieved 12 May 2016.