Time for the swtich has come.

[Vibhu Rishi]

Hi,
Please check my answers inline :

> > 1) Is it a good idea to do the dual particion so I keep WinXP for a while? 
> > Because frankly I want it gone as fast as possible...

Yes. 
I know most linux evangelist will say its a bad idea, but I support
having a dual partition. Reasons :
1. If things don't work out the first time, you have a fall back.
2. You need it to play games . The reason I have a win partition at home
is just this. 

> >
> > 2) I'm hooked up to a LAN connection through my college, does Linux come 
> > with a web browser like Windows does, because if so I should have no 
> > problems with anything, I'm just worried about putting it on and not 
> > having the ability to get on for help.

Linux was developed on the WWW. So, net access/connecting to the
internet/ browsing is something you will not have to worry about. 
Fedora has Firefox and mozilla ( www.mozilla.org), konqueror, and, If
you still want to browse through the terminal (cmd in windows), you have
lynx.

> >
> > 3) I have a bunch of drivers and such that came with the computer, will 
> > they work for Linux, or are they only formatted for Windows?  The disks 
> > don't say windows on them at all, but I'm not sure.

If they don't explicitly mention linux, they are Windows only. But most
stuff works out of the box for Linux.

> >
> > That's it for now, but trust me when I say you will all be hearing from me 
> > a lot...  Hehe.

Have Fun.

vibhu..