Change Android TV box OS into Linux / any other distro?

by SirArian315

Is it possible to convert the OS of Leelbox MXQ mini to anything else, like Arch Linux ARM?

BiggussDikkuss

Yes if that box you have has an AMLogic S9xx chipset in it, you can run a really nice CoreELEC OS from a Sandisk or Samsung EVO U1 Class 10 microSDHC.

CoreELEC will give you an excellent optimised version of Kodi Leia with some Linux support for TV / file servers, virtual machines & more:

https://coreelec.org/

You can even dual boot.

The LibreELEC guys might have a desktop Linux image for such devices as well. Search their forums AMLogic section.

sparkyblaster

Same question but for a nexus player as it has an Intel atom. Only 8gb of emmc though.