Which distro do i need for a home server?

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Hyedwtditpm

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I'm going to build a new rig. Possible a ARM (or if i can find a baytrail x86 ) system. It will be 24/7 on. Once i set it up, no keyboard or monitor will be connected. I need to control it with a remote connection from a web interface if possible.

I need to run Java and python applications on it. Maybe i can use it as a very flexible router if possible.

I'm not very experienced with distros. Which was should i go?
 
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x86 - OpenmediaVault / Debian - http://www.openmediavault.org/ Or FreeNAS - http://www.freenas.org/
ARM - not really sure, but ARM Debian squeeze and this guide should work regardless of CPU.
 
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stillblue

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I use Ubuntu server 12.04, Webmin for configurations and squid3 as a proxy server.

Ubuntu server defaults to a no desktop system, ie command line only. Since you don't intend for it to have a monitor this is good.

Webmin allows for you to use another computer on the network to do most of your configurations in a GUI environment. If the command line is a problem for you this will make it easier.

Squid3 allows you to have a very flexible router. You can limit times, bandwidth, filter out porn site, etc...

 
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