How to Install Linux Fedora 18 Gnome3 on Top Of Windows 8 Pre-Installed With Uefi Secure-Boot Barrier Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Fedora Linux 18 GNOME3 from Live i686/x8664 Media on a PC with Windows 8 Uefi and Secure Boot Barrier Pre-Installed.

The Guide Do Not Show How to Prepare or Burn the Fedora Linux Installation Media, If you Need Consult the Online Fedora Documentation.

The Ubuntu-based OS Installers are Now Just Fantastic in the Ability of Easy Drag Partitioning and Resizing the Windows 8 Disk.

And this Visual Guide includes the Basic Screenshots of All GUI Steps involved.

The content and details are expressly reduced to give Focus only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make the Tut Easier to Understand ;)

1. Windows 8 Disabling “Secure Boot” and Enable Boot from CD/DVD:

   Win8 CD/DVD Boot Setup
   Disable Win8 Secure-Boot

2. Boot with the Fedora Linux 18 GNOME3 Live Installation Media

3. Click on Live System User to Login

   

4. Select Install to Hard-Drive on Desktop

   

5. Choose the Installation Language

   

6. Pre-Installation SetUp

   Next Set At Least the Installation Destination.

   

How to Free Up Space for Linux on Disk

Disk Partitioning with GParted Live
GParted Partitioning

7. Choose the Partitioning Options

   For Sake of Easy Partitions Transformation Best to Keep the New Default LVM SetUp.

   

8. Start Installation to Hard-Drive

   

9. While Installation is Progressing SetUp Root Pass

   

10. Installing Fedora 18 Xfce

    

    Quit on Success!

    

11. Reboot

    
    

12. Fedora Linux 18 GNOME3 Desktop