So what does windows do when they begin legitimatly loosing footing in an area (IE DX vs (insert GFX lib))? Pump everything they can in directX technology, and make it a less suitible but more widley used technology. This is a dirty attempt to use thier MONOPOLY to snub other operating systems, and is a horridly discusting way to run a buisness - Then any business run for 100% profit looses all my respect, and seems to apply itself as a virus vs. a productive enviroment.

As for lack of NTFS, all I can do is cry and suggest a good read through on the many FS that linux has to offer. So - much - more. oh - and just give it time
Well bipper, hopefully the directx issue doesn't become an issue anymore. There's been some great progress for directx apps under wine. As for NTFS, it seems the kernel developers are working on the issue with NTFS as well. There's an option to compile the kernel with not only read capabilities, but also some limited write capabilities as well. It's still expiremental though as of now.