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OSMC (formerly Raspbmc) is a Debian-based minimal Linux distribution that brings the Kodi media centre software to a Raspberry Pi, Apple TV and Vero devices. This device has an excellent form factor and enough power to handle media playback, making it an ideal component in a low-cost HTPC (Home Theatre Personal Computer) setup, yet delivering the same Kodi experience that can be enjoyed on much more costly platforms.



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OSMC Summary
Distribution OSMC (formerly Raspbmc)
Home Page https://osmc.tv/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums https://discourse.osmc.tv/
Alternative User Forums
Documentation https://osmc.tv/help/wiki
Screenshots --
Screencasts
Download Mirrors https://osmc.tv/download/DistroWatch Torrent Archive
Bug Tracker https://github.com/samnazarko/osmc/issues
Related Websites  
Reviews 2020: All Things Linux
2013: Dedoimedo
Where To Donate, Buy, or Try

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-07-29: Distribution Release: OSMC 2023.07-1
 • 2018-01-10: Distribution Release: OSMC 2017.12-1
 • More OSMC releases...

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  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.
Feature 2024.02-1 2023.12-1 2022.10-1
Release Date 2024-02-05 2023-12-11 2022-11-01
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 100-300 100-300 100-300
Free Download IMG IMG IMG
Installation -- -- --
Default Desktop Kodi Kodi Kodi
Package Management DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite -- -- --
Processor Architecture armhf armhf armhf
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems      
Multilingual      
Asian Language Support      
Full Package List 2024.02-1 2023.12-1 2022.10-1
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) -- 1.1.8 1.1.8
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- --
bash (5.2.21) 5.1 5.1 5.1
bind (9.18.21) -- -- --
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) 2.3.3 2.3.3 --
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) -- -- --
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.2 1.46.2 1.46.2
firefox (122.0) -- -- --
freetype (2.13.2) 2.10.4 2.10.4 2.10.4
gcc (13.2.0) -- -- --
gimp (2.10.36) -- -- --
glibc (2.39) 2.31 2.31 2.31
gnome-shell (45.3) -- -- --
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- --
grub (2.12) -- -- --
gtk (4.12.5) -- -- --
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- --
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- --
k3b (23.08.4) -- -- --
kmod (31) 28 28 28
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) -- -- --
linux (6.7.3) 5.15.92 5.15.92 5.10.78
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- --
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- --
mesa (24.0.0) 23.2.0 23.2.0 20.3.5
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- --
nautilus (45.2.1) -- -- --
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- --
openjdk (21.0.2) -- -- --
openssh (9.6p1) 8.4p1 8.4p1 8.4p1
openssl (3.2.1) 1.1.1w 1.1.1w 1.1.1n
perl (5.38.2) 5.32.1 5.32.1 5.32.1
php (8.3.2) -- -- --
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- --
postgresql (16.1) -- -- --
Python (3.12.1) 3.9.2 3.9.2 3.9.2
qt (6.6.1) -- -- --
samba (4.19.4) 4.13.13 4.13.13 --
systemd (255.3) 247.3 247.3 247.3
thunderbird (115.7.0) -- -- --
vim (9.1) -- -- --
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- --
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.11) -- -- --


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Version: 2021.11-2
Rating: 6
Date: 2021-12-20
Votes: 2


A great distro for multimedia. It’s easy to use, easy to customize and looks nice. The stability has been hit and miss here though, which I fault at using the systemd malware init. I wish they would base the distro on Devuan instead because of init freedom and not being locked down proprietary style by systemd because of Debian.


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