The final version of this distribution is just around the corner

Jan 26, 2013 16:05 GMT  ·  By

OpenELEC, an embedded operating system built specifically to run XBMC, the open source entertainment media hub, is now at version 3.0 RC2.

This current development release is based on XBMC 12.0 Frodo, a free and open source (GPL) software media player and entertainment hub for digital media available for multiple platforms.

Highlights of OpenELEC 3.0 RC2:

• A patch to support Automake 1.13 has been implemented; • An option to build without UPnP, MySQL, sshlib, and optical drive support has been added; • Support for LME2510 USB DVB devices has been added; • 'killall5' applet has been added; • Linux kernel has been updated to version 3.7.3.

A complete list of changes can be found in the official announcement.

Download OpenELEC 3.0 RC2 right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development version and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended for testing purposes only.