Software update: OpenELEC 4.0.6

The sixth update of version 4.0 of the Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center has been released. This Linux distribution is based on XBMC Media Center and can turn a computer into a full-fledged HTPC. OpenELEC is easy to install, maintain and use, as well as being small and lightning fast. In version 4.0, which is based on XBMC version 13, fewer different versions are offered. Images are available for AppleTV, Raspberry Pi, and a generic build for i386 and x86_64 environments. The specific builds for AMD’s Fusion and Nvidia’s ION platform, among others, have disappeared. The release notes for this release are as follows:

OpenELEC 4.0.6 released

This release includes some bug fixes, security fixes and improvements since OpenELEC-4.0.5. Besides the usual bugfixes and package updates we fixed boot issues on some AMD mainboards, added support for some more Intel, AR3k and ATH6k Bluetooth and WLAN devices, updated Kernel to 3.14.8 and updated the RaspberryPi firmware to include the last fixes and features.

Updated and changed Components since OpenELEC-4.0.5 (summary)

• update to service.openelec.settings-0.3.18
• update to Mesa-10.1.6
• update to samba-3.6.24
• update to cloog-0.18.2
• update to mpc-1.0.2
• update to bcm2835-bootloader-462f3e3
• update to bcm2835-driver-462f3e3
• update to libaacs-0.7.1
• update to llvm-3.4.2
• update to alsa-utils-1.0.28
• update to alsa-lib-1.0.28
• update to misc-firmware-0.0.11
• update to kmod-18
• update to libusb-1.0.19
• update to dbus-1.8.4
• update to libpng-1.6.12
• update to file-5.19
• update to linux-3.14.8
• update to wlan-firmware-0.0.23
• update Radeon firmwares
• projects/RPi/patches/xbmc: update RPi support patch
• linux: add patch to fix FD72921
• gcc: add patches to fix GCC-60902, this should fix #3323

For a full changelog on what’s new, follow this link.