SuSE just announced that their new release 9.0, due later this month, will sport the newest Linux kernel and include improved NTFS support, along with support for Athlon64.

Not sure how much stock to put in that "improved", but anything they can do to ease the Windows XP transition will be a very smart move. I love NTFS, and the inability of most distros to use it is a major disadvantage of Linux, IMNSHO.