Wow, this post really got going 
>I think its easier to reformat your existing ubuntu and install nvOC then install and set samba, nfs...
Yeah, no, that is not going to fly.
That would mean that after a new version comes out, I would need to start from scratch.
I do not only run Kodi, but have samba, AFP, raid, VPN sever, multiple VMs, database, ..... - i use this box to develop on as well
Have started downloading the latest version and will see if I can make out what needs installing.
If there is a list of things that need to be installed, so that I can just update parts,then that would be very useful.
The project is not by any chance available publicly, e.g. github, is it? then i could see by timestamp what has changed and update my rig.
Is there a way to become a contributor?
>I think its easier to reformat your existing ubuntu and install nvOC then install and set samba, nfs...
Yeah, no, that is not going to fly.
That would mean that after a new version comes out, I would need to start from scratch.
I do not only run Kodi, but have samba, AFP, raid, VPN sever, multiple VMs, database, ..... - i use this box to develop on as well
Have started downloading the latest version and will see if I can make out what needs installing.
If there is a list of things that need to be installed, so that I can just update parts,then that would be very useful.
The project is not by any chance available publicly, e.g. github, is it? then i could see by timestamp what has changed and update my rig.
Is there a way to become a contributor?
I started with nvOC and it got very unwieldy quickly. I didn't need 3/4 of the stuff in there and definitely didn't want Unity and all the services it brings. I used Ubuntu Server 16.04 and created my own customized version. I use Openbox and have a couple scripts that run from cron to start the mining and do some overclocking. I tried to use the Autotemp and Watchdog scripts from nvOC, but they are kind of patched together and don't work too well outside of nvOC. I'm still looking for a good watchdog script, but for now I managed to cludge something together that sort of works. I think nvOC is a great idea, but it is getting a little out of control with all the options. I really like this project: https://github.com/Cyclenerd/ethereum_nvidia_miner but it is geared toward mining Ethereum and I don't mine that.
I will try and convert it to a virtual machine. From memory, you can use QEMU (or was it Xen?) to directly access the hosts hardware. Have not tried it yet though.
Then I should be able to configure cards on the host and run a script in the virtual to connect cards.........maybe?