I f10 on a lenovo y510 and everything runs right out of the box. as far as the video card you are complaining about, what make is it? if its nvidia, just get the .run file from the nvidia site.
and i especially diasgree to this:
"The general rule is the closer you get to the bleeding  edge the less likely it is to work with Linux." i have hardly faced problems with the "cutting edge" machines i'v been trying f10 on...

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