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

(especially important for VoIP)

Manage networked storage (such as NAS devices)

Home Control and Automation

Control climate and lighting throughout your entire home

LinuxMCE provides all this functionality by controlling

all kinds of devices throughout the home including: