Hi all,
Just wondering if there is any decent open source operating sytems about that will be useful for HTPC set-up
Let me explain my set-up
Location A (my old house) hosts my VMWare host, ESXi server with multiple VMs, I have a 70mb down and 19.5mb up FTTC circuit there, one of the VM's hosts my Plex media server
Location B (where I am living now) - I have purchased a £25 dell 755 small form factor PC, stuck an E8400 3ghz dual core wolfdale CPU in, and have 4GB RAM with a passive GPU.
This will be my HTPC, I need an OS that will allow me to VPN from this box (without using a router/firewall based VPN) to my server in location A and run plex.
I was just thinking about sticking a copy of Windows 7 and be done with it, gives me the room to use it for most tasks, VPN, easy web browsing (if needed which wont be a lot) and can browse straight to my plex server and stream stuff.
My question, is there any open source stuff that is designed as a media OS, that will allow me to take control of VPN, browsing, browsing to my plex portal and lots of other features?
Just wondering if there is any decent open source operating sytems about that will be useful for HTPC set-up
Let me explain my set-up
Location A (my old house) hosts my VMWare host, ESXi server with multiple VMs, I have a 70mb down and 19.5mb up FTTC circuit there, one of the VM's hosts my Plex media server
Location B (where I am living now) - I have purchased a £25 dell 755 small form factor PC, stuck an E8400 3ghz dual core wolfdale CPU in, and have 4GB RAM with a passive GPU.
This will be my HTPC, I need an OS that will allow me to VPN from this box (without using a router/firewall based VPN) to my server in location A and run plex.
I was just thinking about sticking a copy of Windows 7 and be done with it, gives me the room to use it for most tasks, VPN, easy web browsing (if needed which wont be a lot) and can browse straight to my plex server and stream stuff.
My question, is there any open source stuff that is designed as a media OS, that will allow me to take control of VPN, browsing, browsing to my plex portal and lots of other features?