Kodi 14.0 Helix (codename) entered feature freeze stage. For those of you who do not know Kodi Entertainment Center is the new XBMC. This implies that no new features will be added moving forward other minor changes to the skin and other existing components. Due to the changes during development … read more
Xbian was once my go-to media center among the 4 media center operating systems I played with. But things have since changed, Xbian, which once stood out has sort of fallen behind and I later moved on OpenELEC for its speed, stability, and performance. But after Raspbmc caught up to … read more
Raspberry Pi Wifi adapters can help reduce clutter and help bring content to your XBMC (nka Kodi Entertainment Center) wirelessly. As we have previously written, there are 4 different Raspberry Pi OS that are media center focused. We have shown you how to install OpenELEC and Raspbmc the normal way … read more
Raspbmc is a minimal Linux distribution based on Debian that brings XBMC to your Raspberry Pi. While Raspbmc offers great features, it has been found to fall behind on speed and fluidity compared to other media center OSes. This post introduces the recently released Raspbmc August update 2014. What’s New … read more
XBMC, which will be renamed to Kodi Entertainment Center soon, has been updated to XBMC 13.2 Gotham. XBMC is the media center of choice for most platforms. It is also the base of the media center operating systems such as OpenELEC and Raspbmc that power Raspberry Pi based low-cost low-power … read more
Based on popular request, here is the guide to install Raspbmc on Raspberry Pi. If you have been following me you may already know that I have been a fan of OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi. Well that changed recently after my latest comparison of Raspbmc and OpenELEC. I quickly started … read more
Last year, I published a detailed comparison of Raspbmc vs OpenELEC in terms of speed and options/features, in which I concluded that OpenELEC was the operating system of choice for my Raspberry Pi media center. I also said that this could possible change as the operating systems continue to develop. … read more
XBMC, the most popular media center software for any platform, will become Kodi entertainment center starting version 14 (Helix). XBMC 14, scratch that, Kodi 14 of course will have the same if not better awesomeness. While the renaming was done to better reflect its current capabilities and to be able … read more
Raspbmc is a minimal Linux distribution based on Debian that brings XBMC to your Raspberry Pi. While Raspbmc offers great features, it has been found to fall behind on speed and fluidity compared to other media center OSes. This post introduces the recently released Raspbmc July update 2014. What’s New … read more