I think this is a great opportunity for the Open Source Community to showcase what really can be done with apps like The GIMP. There is admittedly work to be done for vector apps, but they are coming along.... Other than using Photoshop specific filters, there really isn't anything Photoshop can do that I can't do in GIMP... Why pay Adobe for their overpriced bloatware?

While I disagree with those that say the PC is dead / will be dead soon, it really comes down to computing power, connectivity, ease of use, and screen real estate. Depending on your application, for most users, a smart phone is too small to do much other than check email, play Fruit Ninja, and tick people off on Facebook. Actual decent web browsing, movie watching, paper writing etc... becomes a reality with a tablet, especially when you throw a decently usable case and keyboard in the mix... (On screen keyboards do have a huge suck factor...). For serious computing tasks, graphics / video / audio editing / processing, well... tablets have a LONG way to go... Of course having said THAT, I would put my cheapie Pengpod 1000 up against my old top of the line AMD Athlon 1400 512MB ATA100 hard drives PC from the late 90s / early 2000s.... any day of the week, without any hesitation... But compared to my newer octo core 32GB SSD box.... Forget it...

I have been using MSI motherboards since the late 90s with never a single problem. I am presently putting together a cluster based on MSI 970A-G46 9 AM3+ motherboards, quad core Phenom processors etc... CentOS 6.3 is perfectly happy with it... Not sure what distro you are using, but it sounds more like the Linux version you are using isn't supporting current hardware, instead of non standard hardware... I've been known to be wrong before though.

Now wait just a second here... What on earth does SCO, the Tea Party, and sausage suckers have to do with each other? Last time I checked the party of sausage suckers and tool polishers was the Democrats, the party of business was the republicans. The Tea Party folks, as far as I can tell are more aligned with the libertarians, maybe a little bit more socially conservative, but still pretty libertarian in their viewpoints... Smaller government, lower taxes, etc... No matter how you slice it, when it comes to American politics and government, it's all bologna anyway...

But I honestly believe Parental involvement is a KEY factor in controlling the development of a child. If I were issuing the grade it would be F -. If you believe that Violent video games have a damaging impact on your child, and then you bring a game console into your home, allow your child an allowance, and do not monitor that child's usage of said console, or time spent with his / her friends, what right do you have in being surprised when your child is impacted by something you do not approve of. It's not the government's, nor is it the media industries job to raise YOUR child. Be an adult and do your job!