Version: 8.2.5
Rating: 9
Date: 2019-01-05
Votes: 2
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Remember to do clean install - this will clear up most problems.
Avoid non- official add-ons.
Having a multi year old installation with stuff installed and uninstalled is the likely cause of most problems.
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Version: 8.2.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-08
Votes: 9
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It is getting better at every update, keep up the good work..!!
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Version: 8.2.5
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-08-05
Votes: 3
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Runs Great. Just like always. Top Entertainment System.
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Version: 8.2.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-24
Votes: 0
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Never had any problems on my eminent tv box running kodi.
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Version: 8.2.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-20
Votes: 4
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Pros:
My wife has been asking me to reinstall Kodi on our computer. She is not very computer literate, and I was attempting to elimate the desktop so it would be easier for her. I know my way around Linux, but was struggling to have an elegant design and still be resource friendly. After several disappointing attempts I found LibreELEC and figured "what have I got to loose." What a suprise! Everything just worked and I now have a happy wife
Optimizing for my hardware made a HUGE difference is performance! LibreELEC made it easy. So much less work than manual configuration.
Cons:
The setup screen seemed to load multiple times... but this was a minor annoyance and I'm not sure that I didn't have something to do with it.
Installed on an old computer with AMD A6 processor and 4 gigs of ram.
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Version: 8.2.4
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-17
Votes: 4
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Libre ELEC is the best solution I have found so far for turning an old machine (Dell Optiplex GX520, in my case) into a home multimedia device - runs great (no lags), installs easy, provides straight access to add-ons, updates without a hassle ... the only thing I found lacking to my taste is a bit more system customisation control, both during installing and running it ... ah, and a lack of a driver for my Freecom USB TV tuner, but most likely, this is an upstream kernel module deficiency ... all in all - great work, LibreELEC team, way to go!
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Version: 8.2.3
Rating: 10
Date: 2018-03-05
Votes: 0
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runs great on an old laptop with an old slow USB flash drive. Super easy, and no waiting for buffering, like I have to do on the same machine with a faster USB drive running Mint 18.3. Mint would pause the video once every 5 minutes to buffer for about 10 seconds, but not LibreElec! Thanks, LibreElec team!
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Version: 8.0.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-09-27
Votes: 1
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Running on Intel NUC5PPYH - runs flawlessly.
I wish all distros could run this well...
Direct upgrade path from OpenELEC, so no need to reconfigure.
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Version: 8.0.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-08-24
Votes: 4
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Very easy to install and update, runs Kodi with little to no issues. Works even on older hardware which not all media center distros can do.
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Version: 8.0.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-08-21
Votes: 0
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Great OS.
It took about 5 minutes to install, another 5 to install a couple of plugins.
Installed on Acer Veriton N282G.
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Version: 8.0.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-08-16
Votes: 1
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Very stable little os version just for Kodi. Great Support and up to date releases. I switched from OpenElec. Installation is on a Asus Chrombox.
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Version: 8.0.2
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-06-27
Votes: 0
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One of the best media center projects out there. Awesome development team and very supportive community. I previously ran LibreELEC (and before that OpenELEC) on 2 Chromeboxes and a laptop. Earlier this year replaced those with 3 ODRIOD C2's. I'm glad I went the C2 route. Freed up my Chromeboxes and laptop for other projects.
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Version: 8.0.2
Rating: 1
Date: 2017-06-23
Votes: 0
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Could not make it run. Continuous flickering of screen as soon as you try to configure Kodi. Tried several times but finally gave up and installed archbang. Pity.
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Version: 8.0.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-06-06
Votes: 0
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I use it with an Raspberry Pi 2B and it is an awesome groundary for my media center.
Great thing!
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Version: 8.0.2
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-05-29
Votes: 2
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Actually works on most legacy hardware, unlike the mess that has been made of Openelec with version 8.03
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Version: 8.0.1
Rating: 10
Date: 2017-04-27
Votes: 4
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Im using LibreELEC with Raspberry PI 3.
I tried the many raspberry pi OS out there for media and file sharing use, and this is currently the best of the bunch.
Very stable ultra lite OS without an OS GUI of its own, but it does not need it as it boots directly into KODI. OS setting can be managed from within KODI settings or one can install a add-on CLI. But really if you need this you can use the SSH functions from you tablet, notebook for remote setup, monitoring and upgrading.
For remote control of the media player a wifi keyboard is good or better use your smart phone with free app from play store work great. I use it both as Media Player and file server using the build in samba functionality. It can play HDMI to TV and stream to one device concurrently without any stalls. Just a note the wifi file share speed is not great but this is a hardware limitation that I bypassed using a ethernet cable between device and router.
The security is a bit weak for example on SSH the root password is preset so switching on SSH has its risks albeit low. It does however allow the installing of add-on apps like OpenVPN so if you are streaming from a not to legal site your ID id hidden.
LibreELEC is a fork from OpenELEC which seems to have stalled in development for over a year, although I hear things have started again.
LibreELEC has a great team that keeps the linux Kernel etc and Kodi versions current. This distro is fit for purpose but if you want a full OS for raspberry pi then look elsewhere.
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Version: 8.0.1
Rating: 9
Date: 2017-04-10
Votes: 2
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Works very well on my Acer Revo.
I was on OpenELEC until 2016 and moved to LibreELEC with no problem.
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