Any linux distro come with ntfs write support as standard?

NTFS read has been around a while, but an at least vaguely stable NTFS write hasn't been around for long. In short, finding NTFS read = easy, finding NTFS write = hard.
 
not that Im aware of, most distros that Im aware of (debian, fedora/RH, slackware, ubuntu) quite wisely require NTFS write support to be explicitly compiled into the kernel.

Its basically a safety net as a) introducing a feature that is inherently unstable and reisky as a default wouldnt do much for Linux's reputation for stability b) you generally need a fair bit of knowledge before you can competently compile your own kernel for a given system, and its assumed that people who possess the knowledge and will go to the trouble of compiling specific support into their kernels understand the inherent risks to their data by using what is essentially an unsupported feature ;)
 
Ahh looks like I will have to add it to a distro then, done it before in Ubuntu, just wondered whether anyone had added write function as standard. You see I need to back up some stuff from a hdd. Though I just had an idea of formatting the 2nd hdd to fat32....
 
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