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Your guide to a smarter home!
| Instructions | 8.10 | The current Release Candidate. This is the recommended version for a stable, functional system. If unsure as to which version to go for, make it 8.10. |
| Instructions | 10.04 | Alpha software. Considered to be "bleeding edge". Give it a try if you are able to fix problems alongside the developers. |
| Instructions | 7.10 | Final software. Not recommended if looking at a new install. This version is out of date and support will be lacking. |
Overview
Purps: As well as screenshots, or even instead of, we should have images that show LMCE in the home.
| Screenshots
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 Browsing media files (low resolution UI1) |
 Telephone dial pad (low resolution UI1) More screenshots and videos |
LinuxMCE is the only all-in-one open source solution that seamlessly combines:
- Media & entertainment with a server for music and video, plus a PVR (like TiVo or Sky+)
- Home automation to control everything from lights to heating with a touch-screen tablet or your mobile phone
- VoIP based Phone system
- Security system that feeds live video to your mobile device during a security breach
LinuxMCE builds on the superior networking capabilities of Linux to create a home automation/multimedia/communication network. No other operating system has this capability.
Read more to see all the possibilities that LinuxMCE offers.
See the FAQ for quick answers to common questions about LinuxMCE.
Watch the LinuxMCE Video showing a detailed hardware and installation walk-through.
Download
Please take a moment to read about known issues before downloading our Quick Install DVD or the Two-CD Installer.
| Download LinuxMCE or buy LinuxMCE Products After checking known issues please download from an appropriate mirror Latest snapshot DVDs can be found here |
You may then want to check out the DVD Installation guide for a step by step walk through of setting up and configuring LinuxMCE.
Project News
- LinuxMCE-810 RC1 (for testing) is released (21-aug-2011)
- A new tutorial on developing C++ devices is in the wiki: Developing a DCE Device
- LinuxMCE-0810 beta (for testing) is released (16-Oct-09)
- LinuxMCE-0810 alpha2 (for testing) is released (18-Feb-09)
- LinuxMCE-0810 alpha1 (for testing) is released (1-Dec-08)
- LinuxTag 2008 a resounding success (28-May-08)
- LinuxMCE Version 0710 (RC2) is released (07-May-08)
- LinuxMCE Logos are now available for download (09-Apr-08)
- RC1 Insteon Support (20-Feb-08)
- Linux Media Center PCs Review Roundup (4-Oct-07)
| More LinuxMCE media coverage Third party media and blog coverage |
Support
| User Manual LinuxMCE User Manual |
Tutorials/Guides HOWTO guides describing common scenarios | ||
| Frequently Asked Questions Responses to the most common questions |
Hardware Hardware documentation | ||
| Troubleshooting Help with common problems |
Mailing List Stay up to date with regular emails | ||
| Forum Support forum |
Chat Support chat |
Development
| Contact Information Contact people involved with the project |
Programmer's Guide A guide for software developers | ||
| Software Components Open source software used by LinuxMCE |
Bug Reports Help improve the software by reporting bugs | ||
| Source Code Access the LinuxMCE source code |
Versions View version histories and changes |
