Intel NUC NUC8i3BEH - which distro?

Hi guys,

My Intel NUC NUC8i3BEH (i3, HD 655) is about to arrive in few days.

As I want to use it for Kodi and other stuff I wonder which LibreELEC distro should I put it? Maybe someone already tested/installed succesfully a distro on this NUC....

Also 2 additional questions:

Q1: there is a way to have optical out from NUC to my soundbar?

Q2: did LibreELEC supports dual boot?

I will have 2 SSDs on my NUC and initially I thought to install a Linux distro + Kodi in order to have access to Docker but then after I found LibreELEC - maybe to install into 1 SSD and Linux Distro on the other SSD

Thanks

Quote from Klojum

It's kinda important that you know exactly what to expect from a computer AND its operating system.

So what other plans do you have in mind?

1) Linux supports various audio methods. As long as your soundbar is not too "exotic", things should work(tm).

2) LibreELEC can be used in multiple boot environments. I have a PC that multi-boots into Win10/Ubuntu/2xLibreELEC/other stuff. The Linux grub bootloader works best for me. Keeping OS'es on separate drives (SSDs) is best IMO because of making full disk images (e.g. Clonezilla).

1) It was more like a hardware question here - as I don't see any optical output on Intel NUC or...there is a way ? - I do have a Bose Soundbar which accepts optical input or HDMI ARC

2) There is a particular distro which works well with this i3, HD 650 graphics...?

escalade - thanks for your answer

Does the Docker add-on have any constraints regardless cpu, memory, disk/partitions, ports access?

As developer I want to use Docker for several home projects

I'm torn between:

Config 1:

SSD 1 - LibreELEC, SSD 2 (or partition 2) - run Docker addon of LibreELEC

Config 2:

SSD 1- LibreELEC

SSD 2 - full distro Linux

Additional question (hardware): does the XBox remote (supported by Intel NUC) work fine in LibreELEC?

Quote from escalade

It doesn't.

I've read this: LinuxServer.io docker addons and general docker info

Thanks, much clearer now.

PS: can Docker container/adon be customized to change the path for data volumes? to point to other partition etc?