Linux on Satellite E55

Has anyone here installed Linux on their Satellite E55 laptop?  My wife just bought me one to replace my extremely old MacBook Pro.
I like Windows 8 so far, but I'm used to dual booting into Linux.  If anyone has done this, please let me know if there's anything special I should prepare for when I go about partitioning and installing the second OS.
Thanks a lot!
~ Ev

Hi,
I don't know if I'm missing something...but I haven't been able to get this thing to boot from a USB stick except when there was nothing on the SSD and I installed Windows 8 from scratch...
I've been wanting to install Ubuntu in a dual boot configuration, I've done it a million times and in UEFI on my handbuilt computer with no problem, tried multiple USB sticks, turned secure boot on and off, changed boot order, used multiple usb stick creators...
Could you tell me how you were able to get it installed? I'd appreciate it a lot!
Toshiba E55-A5114; Samsung SSD

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