I plan to buy Microsoft Surface Pro 2 http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/products/surface-pro-... and install Ubuntu 14.04 on it, however idiosyncratic that may sound: from reading the reviews, I like this hardware and I want its features (note that 64/12). I choose a model with 256GB SSD because it has 8GB RAM. I'm aware of numerous issues with Surface Pro 2 and Ubuntu http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2183946 but I'm counting on 1) making it all work with community's support, as have some people in that thread 2) things improving in 14.04.

I would use it solely with Ubuntu, but I'm not sure whether I can make Ubuntu run in a usable state right away, so I might dual-boot.

What should I know beforehand about running Linux on UEFI computers before my Surface Pro 2 arrives?