I'm running 10.1rc2 on my Dell M70. Apart from some bug fixes, there is no difference between it and the final.
Movie here: http://theendlessnow.com/ten/uP/Articles/xgl.mpg
VMware DOES provide DirectX acceleration, but it is limited to about DirectX 8 right now. You have to enable it manually... it is considered experimental.
My first computer was the Osborne I (the first portable). I liked it because it has a scrolling 128 char display... which is pretty close to the 132 columns used by the mainframe. I had the 300 baud modem option, so I was king doing my...
There's nothing bad about SUSE... but failed to mention what card. Also, SUSE comes by default with Multicast DNS enabled (Apple), you may want to turn that off by editing your /etc/host.conf file and adding "mdns off" to it. ...
I second the need to run memtest. Hope you did your homework on 3rd party memory.. I know.. I know, you "say" it did it before you added the funky OCZ thingy... but I'm skeptical. My M70 is rock solid (my 3rd party memory...