As mentioned in previous posts there is an issue with the bios here (that was not present in the previous model E11) that prevents you from booting into linux (ubuntu, manjaro etc) once you install it, even though a live usb will boot fine. This seems to have been purposefully done, and after contacting acer, it *seems* there is no intention to correct this. I had correspondance with them over email, I also talked over the phone. So for anyone thinking of buying this machine to run linux, unless you are willing to tinker with the bootloader as suggested in other posts, I would go for machines where Linux usually runs okay such as Dell or maybe the Lenovo 110S (if you don't mind the ethics of buying from a Chinese company).
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