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Hi guys, happy new year first of all.
My question is, I have an old computer and I really want to install a Linux distro for multimedia only and I came across kodi, can I install it as an operating system? Because when i went to download it it seemed like a program not a complete system, sorry if this sound stupid

Take a look at the first time user wiki page. It will explain everything, including which variant you will need.

If you are only going to use the computer for Kodi usage only, then your best bet is Openelec which is a very lightweight specialised Linux distro which is optimised for Kodi.