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Installation
The X200 lacks an internal optical drive, unless you get the media slice. However, USB devices are bootable so you can use an external USB CD/DVD drive. You can also use a USB hard-drive containing ISO images if you want to boot a small install image and not burn a full DVD or CD-ROM set.
The standard Fedora 9 i386 and x86_64 kernels do not yet support the network devices, so a network-based installation is impossible.
USB Boot
It seems as though I can only boot from an external USB CD/DVD drive when it is connected to one of the ports on the left-hand side of the machine, and not the port on the right-hand side. I do not know if this is expected or if it indicates a BIOS flaw.
SATA
The internal SATA hard disk is detected and supported during the Fedora 9 x86_64 install.
Intel Gigabit Ethernet LAN
The drivers in the Fedora 9 installation media (and updates repo, as of 2008-09-03) do not detect the LAN controller.
Intel 5100 WLAN
The drivers in the Fedora 9 installation media do not detect the WLAN controller. The drivers in the updated kernel (as of 2008-09-03) detect the controller, but do not function properly. I was unable to associate with a completely open (no WEP or WPA) access point.
Graphics
The integrated graphics is detected and supported during the Fedora 9 x86_64 install.
Trackpoint
The integrated trackpoint pointing device (the "pointy-stick") is detected and supported during the Fedora 9 x86_64 install.
Sound
The integrated sound is detected and supported during the Fedora 9 x86_64 install.
ACPI Power Management
The basic suspend and hibernate appear to function with Fedora 9 x86_64, though I have only tested it minimally.