Download OpenELEC 7.0

The final release version 7.0 of the Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center has been released. This Linux distribution is based on 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. Incidentally, OpenELEC land is rumbling and a large number of developers have walked away from the project and have a fork under the name LibreELEC set up.

In OpenELEC version 7.0, among other things, the switch to Kodi 16.1 has been made, a large number of components from the OS have been updated and there is support for Bluetooth audio. The most important changes are listed below for you

Platform changes:

• New Platform WeTek Core supported with an own Build
• WeTek Core is the best Android TV box you can have to watch IPTV, Movies and TV Shows while you relax on your sofa.
• With an AMLogic S812-H, 2GHz Quad-core processor, 4K Support and 8-bit H265, this box will give you all entertainment you are looking for.
• Merged Nvidia_Legacy build to Generic build.
• Users who used the Nvidia_Legacy build now have to use our Generic build.

Core OS updates and changes (old version in brackets):

• ALSA updated to 1.1 (1.0.29)
• Binutils updated to 2.26 (2.25)
• GCC updated to 5.3 (4.9)
• glibc updated to 2.23 (2.22)
• Python updated to 2.7.13 (2.7.3)
• LLVM updated to 3.8 (3.6)
• Linux kernel updated to 4.4 (4.1)
• Mesa updated to 11.2 (11.0)
• ffmpeg updated to 2.8 (2.6)
• libva updated to 1.7 (1.6)
• connman updated to 1.31 (1.23)
• libnfs updated to 1.11 (1.9)
• libressl updated to 2.2 (2.1)
• systemd updated to 229 (219)
• xorg server updated to 1.18 (1.17)

Driver and firmware updates and changes:

• updated WLAN drivers and firmware
• added new AMDGPU driver for new AMD Graphic cards
• updated Intel Graphic driver
• merged Nvidia with Nvidia legacy driver to support old and new Graphic cards with one build.

Kodi updates and changes (old version in brackets)

• Kodi updated to 16.1 final (15)

New features

• Bluetooth Audio support (see below)
• OpenVPN reincluded