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Little Linux experimentation with laptop AN515-46-R70A

I wanted to install linux on my acer laptop. But my laptop has BIOS version 1.03. In official site I saw that the latest version is 1.07. There is a Windows executable file only. Looking ahead: I tried to use wine in Ubuntu to run this file. But it failed. Firstly, I had to install Windows. But which USB boot solution is chosen? On the advice of my friend, I have chosen Ventoy. As it turned out, the BIOS firmware should reboot in DOS mode without the Windows environment. It was funny. After Ventoy prepared the flash card on Ubuntu, it looked as empty, but it was bootable. I saved the ISO Windows and Linux files for the installations to the flash drive through a simple copy operation. After these manipulations, I started experimenting. I downloaded the new versions of Endless OS, Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Manjaro. I read that someone sells a laptop like mine with Endless OS. Therefore, I hoped to install this operating system successfully. But it failed. This OS is not even started. Then I successfully started Manjaro. I really like this OS. This operating system is very ergonomic and functional. But I saw it not worked with my Wi-Fi device. I connected to LAN and did not see the problem in time. There are many options for choosing a Linux kernel in Manjaro. I have chosen version 6.0.0, but Wi-Fi didn't work yet. Linux Mint has the similar problem. Besides, the web camera didn't work either. I decided to stop on Ubuntu. Because, the Wi-Fi worked well.

Conclusions
Linux Endless OS Linux Mint Manjaro Ubuntu
ISO eos-eos4.0-amd64-amd64.220406-204708.base.iso linuxmint-21-cinnamon-64bit.iso manjaro-kde-21.3.7-220816-linux515.iso ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
Mediatek MT7921 WiFi No information Not working Not working Working
Internal web camera Quanta ACER HD User Facing No information Not working Not working Not working
External web camera Sunplus Innovation Aukey-PC-LM1E No information No information No information Working