Works perfect, 2 ipcams and a Guruplug are my home surveillance system

Well, maybe it's the wrong place, my plug it's a Guruplug...

Well at this point there are several contenders, Plugbox Linux (Archlinux), Debian, Gentoo. The Guruplug has not had a meltdown yet? Actually, I am using a Dockstar (Optware packages loaded) with a Cisco Linksys WVC80N for Video surveillance. The camera ftps video to the pogoplug drive and I can access the Videos saved through the web server or my.pogoplug.com. The WVC80N has a built in motion sensor so can be set to record only with activity. I've set up a dockstar with Debian and a USB camera a while back but did not use zoneminder. It was just storing some limited videos. I could probably get the same thing functioning on Plugbox Linux.

Oh, well my Guruplug ended up in a blaze of glory a while back, you must have the new one that they finally put the fan on. That should be good until a motor bearing/bushing freezes up. I wouldn't call the VVC80N a simple IP cam since it has a lot of capabilities. As I mentioned, before that setup, I had usb camera funtioning on a $25 Dockstar with Debian with the ability to add two more usb cameras on the extra ports. I could have also probably setup zoneminder but the current solution actually works fine.