[DBMandrake]

Not sure what the process is, but at least for the RPi/RPi2 it looks like there is some software to install (osmc-installer) on a Linux desktop that can then image the SD card. I don't know if that uses/downloads the images mentioned before or what (I don't like installing items on my desktop that are only used to install something on an SD card). Perhaps it is similar for the Vero? I personally find the process with something like OpenELEC much easier where there is SD card creation script included in the download itself that creates the correct SD card filesystems.

The installer does not require installing (it's a standalone executable even on Windows) and is entirely optional. There is already a download link to the Raspberry Pi images which are simply gzipped disk images. You can download one of these images, gunzip it and write it directly to SD with dd or a tool like win32diskimager. (This is identical to what you do with the img version of OpenElec BTW) The Vero images work exactly the same way as the RPi images.

The installer fetches the exact same images from the server that you can manually download, (although there are additional images on the server that were interim builds that the installer doesn't expose) and also has an option to select an already downloaded image from your hard drive. Aside from ease of use for Newbies the installer provides one additional feature - you can preconfigure network settings (Wifi and/or Static IP's) or set up a USB or NFS install. If you don't need these, you don't need the installer.