XBMC is of course also completely free of any adware or spyware. XBMC is easy to install and use, it is very convenient and flexible plus offers a great price/performance ratio. This, The XBMC Project is also known as 'XBMC Media Center' or simply 'XBMC'). Originally developed as XBMP (XBox Media Player) for the first-generation Xbox game-console in 2002, XBMC eventually became a complete graphical user interface replacement for the original Xbox Dashboard, and since is has also been ported to run natively under Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating-system. XBMC can play a very complete spectrum of multimedia formats, and featuring playlist playback, audio visualizations, picture viewing, slideshows, and weather forecast functions, together with a multitude of third-party addons and plugins. sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kodi. Follow the prompts as you would with any other software installation. XBMC is a cross-platform and open source software (GPL) available for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and the Xbox game-console. Use the following commands in your Linux/Ubuntu terminal to install Kodi 18.3. Kodi (64-bit) is a media player jukebox and entertainment hub for all your digital media.