[LocoCoyote]

Read support for NTFS is good in all distros I have played with (most of the major ones). Write support...I have heard both that it is unstable and that it is fully supported. I don't know, not having tried it myself.
Your linksys wireless (I am assuming a PC Card) should work. I am currently using one on my HP omnibook and aside from some issues it seems to work fine.
I did have to disable (read not load at boot time) my onboard ethernet card to get the wirelllless to work. The problem was that my system kept defaulting to the onboard ethernet and ignored the wireless. There is no doubt a better fix for this, but I am laking the time right now to pursue it.