newbie: fedora on an inspiron 9300

[berz3rk]

hi. newbie here. :drown:

after about 3-4 days tinkering with all sorts of bootdisks, reformats and partitions, i think i finally have the setup that i was shooting for on my 60 (55.89) gig inspiron 9300:

12 gb: ntfs - win xp
36 gb: ntfs - misc data
8 gb: ext1, etc...(?) - linux (i forgot what the automated partitioning put)

i have now windows xp running with a dual boot fedora core 4 (or is it the other way around?) where i can choose what os to load when the computer starts. windows loads fine but i'm having problems getting started with fedora. here is a list of things that i need assistance with:

- getting my wireless network up and running on the linux partition... how do i get started finding and installing drivers?

- getting the sound working. the audio test during setup failed (another driver issue)

- i picked a monitor from the list of compatible or supported displays during startup that supports 1920 x 1200 resolution but how can i tell if fedora is utilizing the nvidia card?

- tutorial on how to browse through files or what does what

- a way to swap/use/browse files between os's? eg: is there a way to maybe use a partition (preferrably the 36 gb: ntfs - misc data) so that i can access files (mp3's, movies, documents, etc) from both os's? now that would be ideal!

- how to install and uninstall programs


i think that's it for now.

thanks in advance
~r

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