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What version of Ubuntu supports installing alongside Windows 8?

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I have a laptop with Windows 8 pre-installed. I want to install Ubuntu alongside, but the last time I tried, there was 12.04 and it did not recognize Windows 8, and therefore did not let me install alongside it. Is this issue fixed for 12.04? If not, should I go with 13.04? In that case, does 13.04 have any disadvantages over 12.04?

The laptop seems to support 13.04 better as I've read on the net. This poster here says that wifi driver works on 13.04.

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answered 2 Years ago landarre · Accepted Answer

I have tried Ubuntu 13.04 dual boot with Windows 8 as a live USB system. Although it worked once out of ten times, it worked. But, the wifi driver was "disabled by a hardware switch" (WIERD).

I recently install Kubuntu 12,04 and it was perfect. I don't know whether you like the KDE version of Ubuntu, but everything worked and still works (wifi, screensaver, software center, sudo (terminal), applications in general. I hope it helps.

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The Drummer from Kubuntu