Transforming an old PC to a MediaCenter With LibreElec

I had an old PC with ultra thin form factor. Foxxconn NetBox NT-330-i which specifications are Intel Atom330 CPU at 1.6 GHz, 2GB DDR2 RAM at 800MHz, onboard Nvidia ION GPU. This hardware can not run "nowadays" operating systems smoothly. My netbox' operating system was Windows XP which is not supported by Microsoft and other software companies. So I needed to find a solution.

 

Got an HDMI cable, connected it to my TV. Got a wireless keyboard and connected to my netbox. Then I downloaded x86_64 version of LiberElec. I downloaded a tool to make a bootable USB of this image file from here. Then connected a USB stick and ran this tool. It did everthing. Next step was booting this little computer from USB. I followed the instructions and installed LibreELEC to my netbox.

LiberElec is a Linux based operating system that includes just KODI project. LiberElec's motto is "Just enough OS for KODI". KODI is an open source enterteintment system which is developed by XBMC foundation. They really do an amazing project.

Now I have a great TV box. It can play videos which could not play before while it was a computer. The whole system's ram usage is just ~350MB. CPU usage does not force the hardware hard. There is no lag on videos. 

      

I encountered just 1 problem along the whole process. After installed Google Chrome, realized that the sound comes from the computer's internal speaker, not my sound system. This happens onyl while using Chrome. While using the system "LiberElec" all the sounds come from sound system. After a short research on Google, I found a solution. Now everthing is good for me and everthing works perfectly.

If you interested in KODI or LiberElec you can Google for much more screenshots and videos. You can find wiki information about installing. If you have an old PC like me, now you have a chance to make it alive.