Installing xubuntu on a new WIndows-8 system

[Tom H]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Joep L. Blom <jlblom at neuroweave.nl> wrote:
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> The UEFI BIOS didn't then exist and MS has done so dirty tricks to prevent
> other OS's to be installed that I want to be sure I can safely install it
> without hampering the use of Windows (if I want it).

Please! MS hasn't done dirty tricks to prevent other OS from
installing! At least not on x86. On ARM it's more debatable.

And EFI isn't the culprit. It's Secure Boot that makes boot more
complex, but you don't even refer to it in your post.