Software Update: OpenELEC 4.2 Beta 3

Development of version 4.2 of the Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center has entered its third beta. 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. Version 4.2 runs on Linux kernel 3.15, Mesa-10.2, and Xorg-1.16, and includes newer Nvidia drivers. XBMC Gotham 13.2 beta 3 is used as a base. The main changes in this version, internally referred to as 4.1.3, are as follows:

OpenELEC 4.2 Beta 3 released

This release includes some bug fixes, security fixes and improvements since OpenELEC-4.1.2. Besides the usual bug fixes and package updates we updated XBMC to XBMC Gotham 13.2 beta 3, FFmpeg to ffmpeg-2.3.1, kernel to linux-3.16 and Mesa to Mesa 10.2.5 . We updated the RaspberryPi firmware to include the last fixes and features.

Updated core Components (summary)

• update to yajl-2.1.0
• update to linux-3.16
• update to dvb-firmware-0.0.43
• update to libva-intel-driver-82d2ed8
• update to xbmc-13-6066a54 (XBMC Gotham 13.2 beta3)
• update to parted-3.2
• update to Mesa-10.2.5
• update to libxcb-1.11
• update to xcb-proto-1.11
• update to xrandr-1.4.3
• update to bcm2835-bootloader-a6fe297
• update to bcm2835-driver-a6fe297
• update to gdb-7.8
• update to ffmpeg-2.3.1
• update to libdrm-2.4.56
• update to libnfs-1.9.5
• update to xf86-video-intel-2.99.914
• update to libdrm-2.4.55
• update to libXext-1.3.3
• update to util-linux-2.25
• projects/RPi/patches/linux: update RPi support patch
• projects/RPi/patches/xbmc: update RPi support patch
• libva-intel-driver: add patch to fix FD81447
• projects/*/options: disable AFP support for now, its buggy and we will see who needs this
• util-linux:init:build static
• xbmc: remove unused fonts
• systemd: simplify userconfig.service
• bluez: dont compile libbluetooth.so
• openssh: add patch to specify seperate keydir, remove ‘sshd_config’ script and create ALL supported keys
• gcc: add patch to fix GCC-61801 (and GCC-61904)
• xorg server: isable acpi/apm
• busybox: remove support for initramfs.conf, disable SYSTEM-to-RAM support for RPi
• ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs: disable crypto support

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