You just need a kernel with NTFS support (either compiled in, or loaded as a module).
You get your choice of Read-only (safe) or Read-Write (use with caution!).
Distributions only deal with which support programs are included (base, fdisk, ifconfig, etc.)
Regardless of which distribution you want to use, the kernel needs the NTFS support as described above.
-- Andy
Which Linux distributions can read and write to NTFS?