I have admin rights on my Windows desktop, and I want to install Ubuntu on it, as I use Ubuntu on my desktop. However, I don't want any menu asking to select Ubuntu or something else or that it boots into Ubuntu by default. I also don't want to run it in a VM, because want to run it natively, without any performance-hogging Windows in the way.
My system is UEFI enabled and I'm afraid that it won't let me install any other OS. So basically, I need a way to dual boot a Windows 8 machine with Ubuntu, get around UEFI, and still have it boot to Windows by default.