hi im new... ive been planning a computer for my car, i have a power inverter, and a aux in on my head unit, and im a geek so a computer in the car is a no brainer

my plans are:
to not have a monitor (headless)
run some linux distro, thinking about fluxbuntu
it will just play music for now
i will control the songs with a keyboard for now, maybe a ir controller later
it will have vnc, ftp, and dhcp servers running, so i can hook up my laptop and vnc right in to modify it

so the question is has anyone ever used a headless computer and what did you use for a program for playing music and changing keyboard shortcuts

and please post any other thoughts