Solarmass Well, I mean right now I get notifications when add-ons updates are available and I can install them immediately.
But in Kodi 18.1 (Solus package) it will work differently: I assume via Software Center with some delay.

I'm only talking about the official binary add-ons -- normal add-ons will update like you're used to.

I've updated the OP with a link to official binary add-on build procedure which might help yield a better understanding of what they are.

      ermo I'm only talking about the official binary add-ons -- normal add-ons will update like you're used to.

      Ok, maybe I am confused about the official binary add-ons/normal add-ons difference.

        @Solarmass Kodi 18.1-r47 contains the patch you linked to and was landed in -unstable.

        Hello, I installed Kodi in Solus Budgie and it works perfectly, way better than on my Windows computer. Tomorrow will be a day of formatting, installing Solus and use Kodi without all the bugs I encountered in Win version.
        A big thank you!

        Kodi 18 has games support now (built-in emulators). But looks like emulators are not included for linux version 😕

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          @ermo unfortunately today fix didn't solve the problem with subs

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            Solarmass unfortunately today fix didn't solve the problem with subs

            Well shit. I'm currently away from home. I'll rip a DVD when I get home and test it over the weekend.

                Solarmass Kodi 18 has games support now (built-in emulators). But looks like emulators are not included for linux version 😕

                Have you checked out the included binary add-ons?

                    ermo Have you checked out the included binary add-ons?

                    Well, I don't see Emulators category.

                    To get the game emulator addons, browse to Addons > Download > Install from Repository > Kodi Addon-Repository > Game Addons > Emulators
                    You will see a listing of available game addon emulators for your system. You will need at least one emulator for each system you're interested in playing.

                    From Getting Started with Kodi Retroplayer
                    https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=340684

                    Game emulator addons are available in the Kodi repository for Windows, OSX, Android and LibreElec users.

                    Game emulator addons are available in the Kodi nightly ppa for Linux users. You can download the game addons individually using these commands:

                      ermo Well shit. I'm currently away from home. I'll rip a DVD when I get home and test it over the weekend.

                      I've tried to reinstall it with a clean profile - same white rectangle instead of subs. Flatpak version works fine btw.
                      Tested on another PC: no problem.

                        I've also noticed some differences between Kodi versions.

                        On Intel GPU PC there is no Allow hardware acceleration - VAAPi option (Settins > Player > Videos).
                        Flatpak version has it.

                        On NVIDIA GPU PC there is an Allow hardware acceleration - VDPAU option.

                        I have installed Solus Budgie in VM with latest updates.
                        White rectangle instead of subs:

                        Kodi doesn't seem to like my Nvidia....
                        libva info: VA-API version 1.4.0
                        libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
                        libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib64/dri/nvidia_drv_video.so
                        libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_1
                        GPU at BusId 0x1 doesn't have a supported video decoder
                        /usr/bin/kodi: riga 219: 8647 Eccezione in virgola mobile ${KODI_BINARY} $SAVED_ARGS
                        "Eccezione in virgola mobile" (I'm italian) translates to "Floating point exception"

                        The crash log itself (which I can't attach, neither in zip or txt form) reports only three errors:
                        2019-04-21 09:49:38.334 T:140671384513280 ERROR: DBus error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - Proprietà «OnLowBattery» inesistente
                        2019-04-21 09:49:38.335 T:140671384513280 ERROR: DBus error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - Proprietà «CanSuspend» inesistente
                        2019-04-21 09:49:38.336 T:140671384513280 ERROR: DBus error: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs - Proprietà «CanHibernate» inesistente
                        The DBus errors refer to missing properties.

                        Some relevant inxi info:
                        System: Host: corvus-ultra Kernel: 5.0.7-114.current x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Budgie 10.5 Distro: Solus 4.0
                        Machine: Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: UX310UQK v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
                        Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX310UQK v: 1.0 serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: UX310UQK.300 date: 10/03/2016
                        Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.2 Wh condition: 44.7/48.3 Wh (92%)
                        CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-7500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 4096 KiB
                        Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 400/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900
                        Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel
                        Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] driver: nvidia v: 418.56
                        Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.3 driver: modesetting,nvidia resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
                        OpenGL: renderer: GeForce 940MX/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 418.56
                        Audio: Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
                        Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.0.7-114.current
                        Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi
                        IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
                        IF-ID-1: br-27ce4dce64ce state: down mac: <filter>
                        IF-ID-2: br-69d182fd9cf7 state: down mac: <filter>
                        IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
                        Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 898.25 GiB (63.8%)
                        ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172 size: 931.51 GiB
                        ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: SanDisk model: SD8SN8U512G1002 size: 476.94 GiB
                        Partition: ID-1: / size: 29.91 GiB used: 21.33 GiB (71.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
                        ID-2: /home size: 438.29 GiB used: 263.19 GiB (60.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb3
                        Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 41 C
                        Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
                        Info: Processes: 277 Uptime: 1d 15h 30m Memory: 15.61 GiB used: 3.51 GiB (22.5%) Shell: fish inxi: 3.0.32

                        I've used kodi on this same machine in the past and it worked, the current bork could be Nvidia related since last time I was running on Intel drivers.....

                          Solarmass
                          No flatpaks and no snaps on my system, thank you very much.
                          By the way, I'm not even using Kodi, at the moment. I've only installed it to try the new version and see if there was something that could convince me to install it permanently 🤣

                            A big THANK YOU for bringing Kodi onto Solus! I had Kodi running (bad) on a WIN10 machine; I formatted it, installed Solus on it, installed Kodi via SC, and now it works like a charm; even the TV channels that didn't work on Win work perfectly now.
                            THANK YOU again!