Linux (gentoo) on T500 : Useful Links
Complete Guide
Gentoo Handbook
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Lenovo_Thinkpad_T400
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Lenovo_Thinkpad_Edge_13_AMD
Graphics Driver
Proprietary ATI Graphics Driver for ATI Radeon 3650 Graphics card
Open-source Graphics Driver for ATI Radeon 3650 Graphics card (haven't tried)
X configuration
Xorg config
Sound
ALSA Sound System
Power Management
Power Management Guide (Sleep states S3, S4 are quite useful)
FAQ
Gentoo AMD64 FAQ
Qemu with gcc-3.x
Qemu with gcc-3.x
Configure Bridged/NAT network for Qemu/KVM guests