I had the same thing happen. I also found out that's if I kicked the door hard enough the lock gave way rather than brake.

Kind of. Its more aimed at developers to "port" the game rather than the end user. Saying that there will no doubt be a third party solution.

As with anything Linux, the answer is, it depends, and each person will give you a different answer. Mine is that is you want something close to Windows? Go for Linux Mint.