I've downloaded the tool from fedora website, which automatically downloads the os image, and creates the usb for you. Set the password in the UEFI Setup, then disabled Secure Boot, set USB to be the first drive to boot. Save and exit.
Configure keyboard layout, then I've entered the drive setup section, you have leave selected the drive, then you can choose 3 options, I've selected the middle one, it's something like "manual setup", then I decided to completely wipe the windows stuff and made the partition table (GPT) like this:
mount point - partition type - size
/boot/efi - EFI - 256 MB
/boot - Ext4 - 256 MB
/home - Ext4 - 8,6 GB (This is optional, you can leave this space to the root partition)
swap - swap - 4 GB (I've followed the documentation, twice the ram is ok, you need 4 GB for hibernation)
/ - Ext4 - 18 GB
Fine, now set your timezone and launch the setup!
Enter again the UEFI Setup, go to "Boot" then Enable the Secure Boot, go back to Security and click "Select an UEFI file as trusted for executing:", Now click HDD1, , , and finally shimia32-fedora.efi
Ok, in the popup, write down a name, it's not important, it's just the label that will appear into the boot order menu. Confirm. Finally, Disable the Secure Boot, Save and Exit!
Last step: when you see the acer logo, smash the F2 button, until you will be asked for the password, enter it, then go to "Boot". If you have done everything correct, there will be a new entry, with the name that you've choosen before. Set it up as first boot image, Save and Exit.
Now cross your fingers!
If everything is ok, you will see the Acer logo staying on screen much longer and then....voilà! The Fedora logo will appear on the same screen, with the spinner indicating that the OS is booting.
You will land on the welcome page, in order to setup the main settings... (email account, user, etc).
I'm so happy! I was struggling....usb was booting, why hdd not?!. Now I will do a stress test. My Pc was giving random BSOD on windows, now I hope that with linux it will work a little faster and without any issues.
- WiFi : yes
- External Keyboard: yes
- Touch screen(and onscreen keyboard): yes
- Screen brightness: no
- Audio: yes! (Select "Speakers" into Settings > Audio. Headpones are working too, but it will not switch to them automatically)
- Sleep (Fn+F4): The first time that I've tried it, it did power off completely (no blinking lights). I tried various combinations but it didn't power on. Then I did press the power for long, and it rebooted. Now if I press again Fn+F4 the screen goes black immediately, but the backlight won't turn off...maybe it is related with the brightness settings which is not fixed yet. Anyway it seems like sleep is working.
- Hibernation: I've installed a gnome extension to enable this button, but it works the same as i press Fn+F4.
- Battery management: It seems ok, battery's chariging and when I unplug the power, it switches to battery power and percentage is shown.
I hope that this guide can still help somebody. I didn't read the last posts after @pichel26 magic message :-D My Pc is working fine, definetely faster than windows. I'm sure that tweaking it a little can squeeze some more juice, but for now it is okay.
Good luck guys ;)
P.S: This guide was originally a comment written under another place on github, I've searched it for one hour with no luck! Anyway I did copy the original post, and I was able to recover it from the cut&paste history! that's luck!