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The developers of Kodi project officially announces the release of fourth alpha release of Kodi 14.0 codenamed "Helix" with a focus on stability and user friendliness. Well according to changelog, around 117 changes are made in this alpha release. As you know that Kodi project is maintained by XBMC developers.

According to official announcement, Kodi 14.0 "Helix" Alpha 4 comes with two major new changes which includes replace Touch skin with re-Touched along with moving userdata for Windows users. The re-Touched skin only affects iOS and Android enabled devices. The re-Touched skin is slightly redesigned Touch skin with different home screen layout and various tweaks in few areas.

This alpha also includes some code changes because of name changes in some places. Due to this your personal userdata folder will be moved to a new location. This will either be done at install time or initial run. This just means the location of the files that hold your library and settings will be moved. No data will be lost during this transition. Also, review recent Linux Distro News to know what's new in them ?

Among other changes, Kodi 14.0 "Helix" Alpha 4 includes support for sub-channels in PVR, update sqlite which brings some improved library speed, add support for DSD audio, add mouse support in Bluray menus, add support for EGL/GLESv2 when using x11, 4K playback on Android using AMLcodec and support for Freescale i.MX6 SystemOnChip. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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