[vbalbert]

Having experimented with several flavors of xbmc, I have settled on setting up a Linux box that will host the videos. I'm not that well versed in the intricacies of Linux, so that brings up a question of upgrading. I am currently using Ubuntu 14.04 with the latest updates but have not yet installed xbmc. My big question here is that when Kodi is finally released, what will the upgrade process be?

[black_eagle]

If you're running a desktop and have updates turned on and have added the team-xbmc ppa, then Ubuntu will notify you when an update is available and you can install it by applying the updates.

If its a server installation with no GUI then you would have to do

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc

You can always check which versions are available to you with

apt-cache policy xbmc

More info at Install_XBMC_for_Linux (wiki)

[vbalbert]

Thank you, that's just what I wanted to know.

[un1versal]

A goo one to read is Team_XBMC_PPA (wiki) all upgrading info is there.