In everyday use, I think there is very little to choose between LibreELEC and OpenELEC. Even if those weaknesses have been patched out by now, the fact that they were there in the first place does make you wonder what else has been missed. A community can achieve much more than an individual and security is an essential requirement in any operating system. This may have changed since writing so is worth checking out if you’re planning to install it. It has well-known security flaws including unsigned updates, problems running HTTPS, and no way to change the root password unless you make a custom build of it. The elephant in the room with OpenELEC is security. While I cannot quantify this, others have said the same. LibreELEC seems to run a little faster on my Raspberry Pi 3 than OpenELEC.
OpenELEC is also kept up to date and also works closely with Kodi but there is only so much one person can do. LibreELEC is updated monthly, works closely with Kodi and regularly patches. Once installed though, it was simple enough.
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The OpenELEC’s installation page currently goes 404 so I had to look elsewhere to figure out how to install it. You will also need Etcher to create an image on an SD card, an SD card. As I used a Raspberry Pi to test these two, I downloaded the stable Raspberry Pi build. There are different builds for different hardware. Installing OpenELEC is simple enough once you figure out which version of the OS you need to use. That should cover most things you will want to know. That will include installation, configuration, the UI, usability and customizability. To compare LibreELEC vs OpenELEC, I’m going to follow the typical path a new user might take to get them up and running. LibreELEC forked in 2016 to offer a different option run by a community rather than an individual. OpenELEC was launched back in 2009 and is run by one person. Both are based on Linux and offer barebone functionality for older hardware and newer compact devices.
LibreELEC is a fork of the original OpenELEC.