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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">I read another article about the horrors of getting linux to run on a UEFI windows 8 machine. But I have NOT seen any articles discussing the option of NOT dual-booting! </p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Is it dual-booting that causes the problems? What if I am willing to destroy Windows 8 and only load linux? Will I have problems?</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 0px;">Nathan England</p>
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