Best OS to run Kodi on an NUC?

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Hi All

I’ve been running Kodi on my NUC for years now, It’s been great apart from a few annoyances that i want to sort out.

My NUC runs Kodi (with express VPN) using a windows MCE remote and also an SMB file share for sharing a media library to other devices…that’s about it so not a lot of services.

The main issues i keep having are windows updates popping up above kodi, or express VPN updates, or something that forces me into using my phone to connect to the RDP and sort it out before i can watch anything. It happens most of the time and it’s really annoying.

Is there a better OS for me to run these services and not have issues? Basically i just want kodi to run on it 24/7 so it’s ready for me to watch straight away.

Cheers!

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LibreELEC for a PC (i.e. your NUC)

CoreELEC for those ARM based SoC devices

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VPN on LibreElec is VERY difficult. I highly recommend LibreElec if you want Kodi on 24/7 but you will have to put VPN on your router which is beyond the scope of /r/Kodi

Why do you need a VPN anyway. You must be watching pirate streams :joy: just download with VPN elsewhere

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having tried them all over the years… i’ve settled on OSMC

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Whichever OS you’re most comfortable with.

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FWIW, Fedora 41 makes it pretty painless to setup and go.

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OpenVPN Manager has always worked for me in LibreElec, whether PC or Soc, platform.

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It’s not that difficult if you follow this guide.

You just need to find the *.ovpn files for VPN server connections. You usually can find them somewhere on your VPN web account.

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CoreELEC is only available for Amlogic SoC’s. Intel NUC is x86_64. So, LibreELEC is the way to go.

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That’s not been my experience easier on the router

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That’s right, my mistake. LibreELEC is the correct one