Test Driving Linspire 5-0

...or attempting to, at any rate...

It took forever to install (which is not how I read it should go- from all of the glowing reviews) & now appears as if some settings aren't "sticking" & it has to redetect hardware on every startup. Sigh...Guess it wouldn't hurt to do a wipe & try again? Maybe it just doesn't like my machine?