Software update: LibreELEC 8.2.0

The developers behind the Libre Embedded Linux Entertainment Center have released version 8.2.0. LibreELEC was created after a large number of developers left OpenELEC due to disagreements and started their own business. This Linux distribution is based on Kodi and can turn a computer into a full-fledged htpc. Version 8.2.0 of LibreELEC uses Kodi version 17.5 as a base, which was released recently. The release notes for this release can be found below.

LibreELEC (Krypton) 8.2.0 RElease

LibreELEC 8.2.0 provides a mid-year bump to improve hardware support on Intel and Raspberry Pi hardware. It also resolves minor support issues on a range of devices and fixes a number of important security issues affecting the core OS reported in recent months. Kodi is bumped to 17.5, and Samba bumps to 4.6 which brings support for SMB2/3 to LibreELEC for the first time. PLease Read The Release Notes below before posting an issue in the forums as there are disruptive changes to Samba, Lirc and Tvheadend.

Changes since LibreELEC 8.0.2 include:

• Fix boot-time overwrite of samba.conf.sample to ensure v4 template exists
• Fix Samba startup failures by detecting/disabling old (v3) samba.conf files
• Fix NAND install on WeTek Hub/Play 2 after Android Marshmallow updates
• Fix VMware OVF template, drop OVA .img suffix and force ‘installer’ mode
• Fix an issue in the embedded tedid script
• Fix Kodi to support 352KHz and 384KHz audio over S/PDIF
• Fix clearing of core files from /storage/.cache during Kodi startup
• Fix vulnerability (CVE-2017-1000250 aka Blueborne pt.1) in BlueZ
• Fix vulnerability (CVE-2017-1000251 aka Blueborne pt.2) in all kernels except Amlogic 3.10
• Fix a Python /dev/random issue that caused some Python crypto functions to error
• Fix to prevent boot-loops when a failed update leaves valid files in /storage/.update
• Update Amlogic 3.14 kernel to use kernel wireless-regdb on all reference devices
• Update RPi firmware to solve minor CEC button press issues
• Update RPi wifi firmware to resolve CVE-2017-9417 (Broadpwn)
• Update wpa_supplicant to resolve multiple CPUs (KRACK)
• Update linux-firmware and misc-firmware packages
• Update nvidia legacy driver to 340.104
• Update nvidia main driver to 384.90
• Update RTL8192EU driver
• Update RTL8188EU driver
• Update RPi kernel to 4.9.43
• Update Generic kernel to 4.11.8
• Update from LibreSSL to OpenSSL
• Update Samba to 4.6.8
• Update to lirc 0.9.4d
• Update Kodi to 17.5.1
• Update kernel to enable SMB2 support (default) and where possible SMB3
• Update LibreELEC settings add-on to expose more Samba config options
• Revert Hauppauge DualHD tuner support (back to single-tuner, which works)
• Add Slice and Slice3 projects
• Add (merge) Virtual project into Generic
• Add buildsystem changes to make backports from master easier
• Add support for the Xiaomi Mi Box Bluetooth remote
• Add support for Xbox ONE (DVB-C/T/T2) USB tuner
• Add alsa configuration for the IQAudIO Digi+ on Raspberry Pi devices
• Add dummy Tvheadend 4.0 add-on to ensure 4.0 is disabled on upgrade

See detailed changes on GitHub – along with lesser differences from the 8.1.2 BETA release