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OpenELEC 3.0.1 Is Out, Get It While It's Hot

The stable branch of OpenELEC has received the first maintenance release

Apr 17, 2013 08:33 GMT  ·  By
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OpenELEC, an embedded operating system built specifically to run XBMC, the open source entertainment media hub, is now at version 3.0.1.

This is just a small maintenance release, with some bug and security fixes implemented since the previous version. Users can upgrade from 2.9x.x or 3.x to 3.0.1.

Highlights of OpenELEC 3.0.1:

• The underlying OS, XBMC, has been updated to version 12.1.6; • Fixes for the Audio Engine, RaspberryPi and others, have been implemented; • The RPi patches have been updated; • GCC has been updated to version 4.7.3; • Systemd has been updated to version 200; • Support for the TechniSat SkyStar S2 card with CX24120-13Z frontend has been added; • ALSA upstream patches, backported from 3.8.7, have been implemented.

Check the official announcement for a complete list of changes and improvements.

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