i have tried freespire once and was quite impressed, because it offers a wide range of out-of-the-box-drivers that are hard to find on any other distro. freespire 2.0 is just a modified ubuntu and dates back to 2007/11/30, so it's not only slow compared to other distros (and has a pseudo-modern standard theme...), but it's pretty outdated.
lin-/freespire have been acquitred by xandros, another commercial linux distribution, which hasn't been too active recently as well. i wouldn't recommend it.