Is there limited client access or connections with Ubuntu Server ?

If so, then I must go a different route.

I will need to be able to have hundreds upto a 1000 people connecting on the runnning game servers.

Or maybe there is a Gameserver Linux package out there that has all popular linux dedicated server already included in the package and all you need to do is copy the game files.

If not, that would be a good project for you guys to start, make a Windows program that will automatically copy IRQ settings and such in Windows and download ALL Linux drivers and create the CD image for you specific to your machine and all its hardware, then you just burn it.

If the program cannot find the drivers it will notify the user to cancel or to provide the driver, you Linux logo can be the penguin with a red and sore Nintendo thumb.

Doing some research on the net, if found out that most and all Linux game servers are running CentOS 5.4

And that will be my choice for the OS, it is said that CentOS is used by MOST webservers because it only takes the know how of just poping in the DVD and being able to read, it was designed to be a headless server so video card support sucks for it, and the CentOS team even admits that it will not be good for a desktop workstation, Redhat or Fedora would do good for that.

Now the issue is actually controling my server from home, is there a free program for Linux that allows server control such as actually being at the desktop, mouse click/ drag and drop? DirectAdmin, Plesk, cPanel/WHM, Virtuozzo PowerPanel.

Or do those listed above suck and you guys have a better recommendation?
if so I will rent a VPS server from http://knownhost.com/vps_packages.html
running CentOS so that I may practice before spend all this money.