Download OpenELEC 4.0 Beta 7

The seventh beta of version 4.0 of the Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center has already been released. This Linux distribution is based on XBMC Media Center and can turn a computer into a full-fledged HTPC. OpenELEC is easy to install, maintain and use, as well as being small and lightning fast. In version 4.0, which is based on XBMC version 13, fewer versions are offered. Images are available for AppleTV, Raspberry Pi, and a generic build for i386 and x86_64 environments. The specific builds for AMD’s Fusion and Nvidia’s ION platform, among others, will disappear. The main changes in this version, internally referred to as 3.95.7, are as follows:

Updated and changed Components since OpenELEC-3.95.6:

• update to xbmc-13-482ccd3 (XBMC 13 Gotham RC1)
• update to bcm2835-bootloader-cd50136
• update to bcm2835-driver-cd50136
• update to service.openelec.settings-0.3.15
• update to linux-3.14.2
• update to gcc-4.9.0
• update to xf86-video-nvidia-331.67
• update to dvb-firmware-0.0.40
• update to wlan-firmware-0.0.20
• update to Mesa-10.1.1
• projects/RPi/patches/xbmc: update RPi patch
• projects/RPi/patches/linux: update RPi support patch
• Revert “projects/*: switch to kernel R8188EU driver”
• linux: add upstream patch to Work around BIOS defects in Intel MCH area reporting
• provide a /etc/os-release file (see http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/os-release)
• linux: mceusb xhci fix
• linux: firmware: add BONAIRE_vce.bin
• linux: update radeon PLL patch
• projects/*/linux: enable ‘CONFIG_DRM_LOAD_EDID_FIRMWARE’
• init: added wake-on-lan script
• busybox (initramfs): add ‘ping’ and ‘ether-wake’ applet
• fluxbox: avoid potential SIGFPE in Menu::updateMenu()
• scripts/mkimage: set ‘installer’ as default boot option
• linux: add patch to enable Nuvoton CIR driver on probing, see here
• Modified before units of systemd in xbmc-(halt|poweroff|reboot) services.
• config/noobs: update partition and file size

For a full changelog on what’s new, follow this link.