LinuxMCE is a whole home automation suite. It the 'digital glue' between your media and all of your electrical appliances. It includes full featured solutions for: Media Organize media with special metadata tags View/Listen to media in any room Media automatically follows you through your home New media is automatically detected - even if it's on other devices like another computer on your network or Network Attached Storage (NAS) Control all your A/V gear through LinuxMCE (using HDMI-CEC, IR, USB, Ethernet, or RS-232) including automatically powering everything on and setting the proper inputs on each device Security Monitor sensors and trigger events Monitor security cameras Telecomunication Use VoIP phones anywhere in your home with minimal setup Voicemail, call forwarding, advanced caller ID Network Management Take the place of a standard home router Advanced firewall Advanced Quality of Service (QoS) to make sure your bandwidth is used effectively (esp