I have an IBM ThinkPad R51E, and I have installed Debian Sarge on it.
Just run the cd-rom of installation, boot it and press FN + F7.
Henceforth, you are on your own !!!
Running SuSE 10.2 (net upgrade from a 10.1 DVD install).
fglrx for Xorg 7.x
madwifi for 802.11a/b/g
