I did the same thing Saturday. It only took me an hour to download and install. I must have picked a FTP server with a fatter pipe.
I am really impressed by the thousands of software packages available, as well as the outright useability of it. There are some similarities to XP in that there are separate Documents, Pictures, Music, and Downloads folders for each user login. Open Office 2.0 is in some ways better than MS Office.
My only complaint is the geeky names given to most of the applications.
Hint for open source code wranglers:
Use self-explanitory names for your software, leave the weird names for your pet iguana.
You might want to discuss this with the distributors of Linspire. I'm sure they'd have an interesting story to tell.
Do remember that Linspire used to be called Lindows before Microsoft unleashed the flying monkeys on them.
It's safer to use an oddball name in our litigious society.