This article offers a step-by-step guide on how to create GPT partitions on Ubuntu 13.10 on a computer with UEFI firmware.
Because Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu and use the same installer as its parent distribution, it can also be used to create GPT partitions on Linux Mint 16.
Before I started on this article, I took a look at the default GPT partitions created by Ubuntu’s installer’s and also by the one created by Windows 8 installer on a computer with UEFI firmware. The image below shows the Ubuntu’s default GPT partitions.