OS And packages recommendation

[Ryan111]

Hello guys, looking some help with choosing what operating system to use on my new Kimsufi KS3.

The things I need to be able to do on it;
- run a minecraft server for ~10 players
- run around 5 different websites (all basic Wordpress sites)
- run crashplan or owncloud so I can back up my WHS to it
- be relatively easy to set up and maintain
- run a vpn from it

That's about it for the minute,

Specs of the server are;
i3 2130 3.4GHz
8GB Ram (shows 7.7GB in Ubuntu)
2TB HDD

It's currently running Ubuntu Server 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" LTS (64bits) with Java installed.

Would Ubuntu be the best way of running the above programs? I've set up Remote Desktop and Ubuntu desktop on it so it's easier for me to configure as I'm a bit of a Linux newby.

What packages should I install to help me manage the websites? I need to be able to run at least 5.

Thanks

Ryan

 

[Ryan111]

As I said earlier it's running Ubuntu Server ATM, I installed lamp last night and I've got the "It works!" Page. How do I go about adding more sites etc? Also, would I be able to set limits on sites storage, say 10GB each or something? A couple of the sites are for friends and don't want them taking the **** and filling like 100GB etc