I'm looking at getting a complete Powerspec system from Microcenter (I'm being lazy and wanting to buy off-the-shelf instead of going the self-assembly route). It comes with Linspire already installed but I'm going to wipe the drive and install Debian instead (I'm really liking the netinst install option).

Is Linspire radically different from other Linux versions, in terms of what it runs on? I'm wondering if running Linspire means you can run nearly any other Linux version, or if there is something special about Linspire, such as built-in support for, say, winmodems and related Windows-only devices, which would make it run on hardware which other versions of Linux wouldn't run on.

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