It's a great move. Linear guides will crush the dust to black goo. That's what real cnc machines use anyways. Anyhow I have a vcon machine and have been wanting to move to linear guides for a while. I was going to upgrade my current Vcon machine. But now I may contact CNCrouter parts and see if they have any options for me. The Vcon machine is good but I've never gotten it as rigid as I would like it to be. If I bottom out my spindle to the table I don't want to visually see any flex but with the vcon I do. I've tighten everything I can tighten but I think the flex comes from the washers holding the vbearings in place. Don't get me wrong, I've used the vcon in a production environment and it has held up. The only thing that has ever broken on it was tensioner for the rear v bearings on the back of the Y axis. I know cnc router parts would have sent me out a replacement but I just made one.
I would think the X axies guide rail come in pieces that you butt joint.