Download OpenELEC 5.0 Beta 3

The third beta release of version 5.0 of the Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center has been released. This Linux distribution is based on XBMC/Kodi 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. The main change in version 5.0 is the move from XBMC 13.2 to Kodi 14, which is also currently in beta. Furthermore, a newer version of the Linux kernel is used, OpenSSL has been replaced by LibreSSL and support for the first generation AppleTV has been dropped. The following changes have also been made in beta 3:

Updated core Components (summary)

• Update to kodi-14-88a9a44
• Update to kmod-19
• Update to bcm2835-driver-a54afb6
• Update to bcm2835-bootloader-a54afb6
• Update to kodi-pvr-addons-06842b9
• Update to linux-3.17.3
• Update to dbus-1.8.10
• Projects/RPi/patches/kodi: update RPi support patch
• Projects/RPi/patches/linux: update RPi support patch
• Kodi: add PR5695
• v4l-utils: add upstream patch to fix a regression introduced by v4l-utils-fe2aa5f
• projects/*/linux: disable CONFIG_REGULATOR, this fixes #3617

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