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I've used ntfs-3g for some time without any problems. The project has only started in 2006, as opposed to linux-ntfs which has been around since 2000. Having said that, I should point out that when I started using it, the kernel ntfs driver (which is part of linux-ntfs) was considered unsafe for writing and mounted read-only by default. It appears as though that may have changed in more recent versions.
ntfs-3g works in user space using FUSE; that may or may not be important to your use of it. ntfs-3g's company Tuxera, has recently signed a IP contract with Microsoft. That may allow them to have more rapid and reliable implementation of their driver, as opposed to linux-ntfs, which as far as I know, has to guess or reverse-engineer based on publicly released specs.
So... if you want to use the kernel space driver and have nothing to do with Microsoft and its IP claims, it'd be more "politically correct", perhaps, to go with linux-ntfs.
Hmm, not sure about the politically correct opinions, but it would appear that NTFS-3g should already come with Opensuse (just like it is installed by default in many other distributions):
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