“... , but there are plenty of custom Linux distros focusing on the Pi. I have 3 of them and use them for multimedia centers in my home. They’re amazing.”
-—<>-—<>-—<>-—<>-—<>-—
Please post which distos you have for the Pi, and which of those you like best, and if possible, why!
If you enjoy Fedora Linux, PIdora is an excellent analog. It’s a bit clunky to configure, but it’s just as powerful as Fedora if you want to set up a cheap web server, for instance.
OpenElec is a decent XBMC (now Kodi) system for multimedia. If you have a NAS with old movies or picture galleries, it works great. We use OpenElec over RaspBMC for our music library. It’s a little bit less glitchy with Amazon and Pandora.
RaspBMC is hands-down the best multimedia player for the Pi. We use it for home movies and the digital copies we receive with newer DVD/BR movies. It supports Dolby 7.2 and is just as functional if not moreso than our Samsung BR player.
And finally, SNUbuntu (Snappy Ubuntu) is a great Ubuntu distro for the Pi that offers the same functionality as any other Ubuntu distro. I personally use it for a LAMP “server” for FTP to/from my home network.