I run minepeon on one of mine that runs BFL SCs, never had a problem with it.
[minepeon@minepeon ~]$ uptime
15:18:42 up 75 days, 20:48, 2 users, load average: 2.19, 1.88, 1.87
I also use a RPi as a home entertainment center running raspbmc, and never had a problem with that one either. Just make sure you get good class 10 SD cards.
This is what I want, a way to run 3 or 4 of these in my home, with XBMC, I'll check out what you suggest, I guess than you just need some sort of an IR sensor for a remote