<s>
OpenELEC	B-Application
(	O
short	O
for	O
Open	O
Embedded	O
Linux	B-Application
Entertainment	O
Center	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
designed	O
for	O
home	O
theater	O
PCs	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Kodi	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
XBMC	B-Application
)	O
media	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenELEC	B-Application
applies	O
the	O
"	O
just	B-Operating_System
enough	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
"	O
principle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
consume	O
relatively	O
few	O
resources	O
and	O
to	O
boot	O
quickly	O
from	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenELEC	B-Application
disk	B-Application
images	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
series	O
and	O
Freescale	O
i.MX6	O
based	O
devices	O
are	O
also	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
team	O
released	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
4.0	O
on	O
5	O
May	O
2014	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
version	O
features	O
updated	O
XBMC	B-Application
13.0	O
with	O
further	O
updated	O
important	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
updated	O
to	O
version	O
3.14	O
and	O
additional	O
device	B-Application
drivers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenELEC	B-Application
4.0	O
also	O
switched	O
its	O
init	O
system	O
to	O
systemd	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
was	O
forked	O
after	O
"	O
creative	O
differences	O
"	O
,	O
taking	O
most	O
of	O
its	O
active	O
developers	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
new	O
LibreELEC	B-Application
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenELEC	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
complete	O
media	O
center	O
software	O
suite	O
that	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
pre-configured	O
version	O
of	O
Kodi	B-Application
and	O
third-party	O
addons	O
with	O
retro	O
video	O
game	O
console	O
emulators	O
and	O
DVR	B-Application
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenELEC	B-Application
is	O
an	O
extremely	O
small	O
and	O
very	O
fast-booting	O
Linux	B-Application
based	I-Application
distribution	O
,	O
primarily	O
designed	O
to	O
boot	O
from	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
card	I-Device
such	O
as	O
CompactFlash	B-Device
or	O
a	O
solid-state	B-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
XBMCbuntu	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
XBMC	B-Application
Live	O
)	O
distribution	O
but	O
specifically	O
targeted	O
to	O
a	O
minimum	O
set-top	O
box	O
hardware	O
setup	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
ARM	B-Architecture
SoCs	O
or	O
Intel	B-Operating_System
x86	I-Operating_System
processor	O
and	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
team	O
usually	O
releases	O
a	O
new	O
major	O
version	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
Kodi	B-Application
release	O
schedule	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
since	O
version	O
6	O
,	O
x86	B-Operating_System
builds	O
are	O
deprecated	O
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Builds	O
are	O
currently	O
available	O
for	O
x86-64	B-Device
systems	O
(	O
as	O
"	O
Generic	O
Build	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
,	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
2	O
,	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
3	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
Apple	B-Device
TV	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenELEC	B-Application
version	O
Release	O
date	O
Kodi	B-Application
version	O
Kernel	B-Operating_System
1	O
1.0	O
20	O
October	O
2011	O
10.1	O
Dharma	O
2	O
2.0	O
16	O
October	O
2012	O
11.0	O
Eden	O
3.2.31	O
3	O
3.0	O
24	O
March	O
2013	O
12.1	O
Frodo	O
3.0.6	O
15	O
June	O
2013	O
12.1	O
3.2	O
13	O
September	O
2013	O
12.2	O
3.10	O
3.2.4	O
28	O
November	O
2013	O
12.2	O
3.10.20	O
4	O
4.0	O
5	O
May	O
2014	O
13.0	O
Gotham	O
3.14	O
4.0.7	O
9	O
July	O
2014	O
13.1	O
3.14.11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
jointly	O
developed	O
,	O
with	O
Arctic	O
,	O
a	O
manufacturer	O
of	O
computer	B-General_Concept
cooling	I-General_Concept
systems	O
based	O
in	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
passively	O
cooled	O
entertainment	O
system	O
–	O
the	O
MC001	O
media	O
centre	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Kodi	B-Application
12	O
(	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
3.0	O
)	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pulse-Eight	O
sells	O
both	O
custom	O
and	O
off	O
the	O
shelf	O
hardware	O
products	O
primarily	O
designed	O
for	O
Kodi	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
remote	O
controls	O
,	O
HTPC	O
systems	O
and	O
accessories	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
HTPC	O
PVR	O
set-top-box	O
pre-installed	O
with	O
Kodi	B-Application
that	O
they	O
call	O
"	O
PulseBox	O
"	O
Pulse-Eight	O
also	O
offers	O
free	O
performance	O
tuned	O
embedded	O
versions	O
of	O
Kodi	B-Application
that	O
they	O
call	O
Pulse	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
and	O
a	O
custom	O
PVR-build	O
of	O
Kodi	B-Application
meant	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
dedicated	O
HTPC	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xtreamer	O
Ultra	O
and	O
Xtreamer	O
Ultra	O
2	O
,	O
manufactured	O
by	O
the	O
South	O
Korean	O
company	O
Unicorn	O
Information	O
Systems	O
,	O
are	O
nettops	O
based	O
on	O
Nvidia	O
graphics	O
and	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
processors	O
and	O
pre-installed	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
and	O
Kodi	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first-generation	O
Xtreamer	O
Ultra	O
uses	O
Nvidia	O
Ion	O
chipset	O
with	O
a	O
1.80GHz	O
Dual-Core	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
D525	O
CPU	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Xtreamer	O
Ultra	O
2	O
uses	O
discrete	O
GeForce	O
GT	O
520M	O
graphics	O
with	O
a	O
2.13GHz	O
Dual-Core	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
D2700	O
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dedoimedo	O
reviewed	O
openELEC	B-Application
in	O
2014	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Nathan	O
Willis	O
from	O
LWN.net	O
wrote	O
review	O
of	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
5	O
in	O
2015	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
DistroWatch	O
Weekly	O
editors	O
,	O
Jesse	O
Smith	O
,	O
wrote	O
in	O
review	O
of	O
OpenELEC	B-Application
5.0.8	O
in	O
2015	O
:	O
</s>
