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<section begin=intro />'''OpenELEC''' (short for "''Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center''") is a free and open source embedded operating system providing a complete media center software suite that comes with a pre-configured version of XBMC and third-party addons with retro video game console emulators and PVR plugins. OpenELEC is an extremely small and very fast booting Linux based distribution, primarily designed to be booted from flash memory card such as CompactFlash or a solid-state drive, similar to that of the [[XBMC Live]] distro but specifically targeted to a minimum set-top box hardware setup based on an Intel x86 processor and graphics.<section end=intro />
<section begin=intro />'''OpenELEC''' (short for "''Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center''") is a free and open source, small and very fast booting, embedded operating system. OpenELEC is a complete media center software suite that comes with a pre-configured version of XBMC and third-party add-ons with retro video game console emulators and PVR plugins. <section end=intro />
 
OpenELEC is also designed to be used with flash based drives, like compact flash, USB drives, or SSDs.


OpenELEC works on most computers you can install XBMC on, even the [[Raspberry Pi]] and the [[Apple TV 1]] (silver only).
OpenELEC works on most computers you can install XBMC on, even the [[Raspberry Pi]] and the [[Apple TV 1]] (silver only).

Revision as of 02:52, 17 June 2013

OpenELEC (short for "Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center") is a free and open source, small and very fast booting, embedded operating system. OpenELEC is a complete media center software suite that comes with a pre-configured version of XBMC and third-party add-ons with retro video game console emulators and PVR plugins.

OpenELEC is also designed to be used with flash based drives, like compact flash, USB drives, or SSDs.

OpenELEC works on most computers you can install XBMC on, even the Raspberry Pi and the Apple TV 1 (silver only).

See also