Linux (SuSE) multimedia center

Hi all...

I really would like a multimedia center hooked up to my new 28" widescreen tv.
I should play DVD's, DivX's, mp3's and be able to do hard disk recording.

But I also want this multimedia center to act as, router, firewall and http/ftp server.

Naturally I would like to power it up with Linux.

My problem is to find the proper hardware that I can be sure is compatible with Linux.

So, has anyone of you done this, and thus give me some suggestions of where to start? Maybe a link to a good "project".

I stumbled across this housing:

http://www.sharkoon.com/enghtml/multimedia.htm#hd (At the top)

Is there just a slight chance that I'm able to control the "build-in" display from a linux-box?

TIA
/Esben
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