Linux installation on Lenovo 3000 N500

[David Shwatrz]

Hello, Linux-il gurus,

  I am about to wipe windows from a Lenovo 3000 N500 laptop an install Linux.
I tried the following on this laptop :
run LiveCD of OpenSuse  - worked.
run   LiveCD of Fedora 10 (x86_64) : it started the boot process, made
some messages on the screen,
and booted again, and so forth and so forth.... never completed Live-CD boot.
run   LiveCD of Ubuntu (don't remember version): the same as with
Fedora LiveCD: it started the process, made some messages on the
screen, and booted again, and so forth and so forth.... never
completed Live-CD boot.


I don't know why is it so, but what really bothers me is : what next ?
I am afraid that
installation of Fedora will not work.
Does anybody have any experience/recommendation about working Linux on
Lenovo 3000 N500?

Best,

DS