The OSMC is based on the Debian operating system and it will give you more freedom to customize the system compared to LibreELEC or OpenELEC. While LibreELEC is a good option for many, you may sometimes prefer to have the full Linux operating system running in the background, so that you can add additional features such as home automation and media server capabilities. However, LibreELEC has bigger development team and gets updated more frequently. LibreELEC is a fork of OpenELEC, so they are essentially the same. LibreELEC is a just enough operating system for Kodi, which means that every additional operation has been taken away and the whole distribution has been optimized for Kodi use only. They all use Kodi (XBMC) as an entertainment center, but the Linux distribution in the background is different.įrom a pure performance point of view, there is no significant difference between LibreELEC, OpenELEC, XBian and the OSMC. I have tested the OpenELEC, OSMC, LibreELEC and XBian operating systems from a performance and stability point of view.

Install LibreELEC with their USB-SD Creator app.

In this chapter, you will learn which operating system you should choose and how to install it. You can also use a USB memory stick with OSMC operating system, but I did not see any speed improvements between the Kingston DT USB 3.0 stick and the SanDisk Extreme Pro.Īs a conclusion, you should make sure that your microSD card will last longer without any issues, so I would recommend using the Samsung Evo Plus 32GB.

I would also recommend getting a card with at least 16GB storage as more space increases the longevity of the card by having more space for wear levelling. Only the more expensive microSD cards come with wear levelling, which means that the card will try to spread wear out over the whole disk instead of writing and reading the same spot on the disk all the time.

If you want to increase the longevity of the memory card, I recommend getting a separate microSD card that comes with wear levelling. You can get a standard microSD card with many Raspberry Pi 3 bundles, but they may be low quality and do not necessarily last very long. When I got my first Raspberry Pi Model B, I tested 3 cards before I found one that worked properly with the operating system. Please note that many users report issues with various memory cards, so be sure to get a supported SD card.

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