Fedora and Ubuntu on my new Acer Aspire E11

Fedora and Ubuntu on my new Acer Aspire E11
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There are a couple of things in this list which caught my attention. First, no cooling fan so it is going to run very quietly - but I wonder if it will really stay cool enough? Second, it has at least one USB 3.0 port, which is still not all that common on notebooks in this size and price range. Third, it has Bluetooth, which is also not always included in this price range.
The construction and packaging of this unit is significantly different from the previous Acer Aspire / Aspire One models I have owned. For one thing, it has most of the external connection ports on the back (power, RJ-45 wired network, two USB, HDMI), while the trend for the past few years has been to put all the ports on the sides. On the sides there is only one USB port, the SD memory card slot and the Kensington Lock slot.
Also, there is no external access/removal for the battery with like Compaq 236310-B25 Battery, Compaq 134096-B21 Battery, Compaq PP2051A Battery, Compaq Armada M300 Battery, Compaq Armada PP2050 Battery, Compaq Armada PP2070 Battery, Compaq Armada 7400 Battery, Compaq NCQ006 Battery, Compaq 342668-001 Battery, Compaq Armada 7700 Battery, Compaq Armada E700 Battery, Compaq 354126-001 Battery, it is closed up somewhere inside the unit.
There is also some bad news about the hardware. First, and by far the worst news, is the dreaded "clickpad"-style touchpad. Just to be clear about what this is, it is not just an ordinary "touchpad" as is used on most laptops today, this is a different beast. It has no separate buttons, you are supposed to be able to click by pressing anywhere on its surface - I don't mean "tap" here, I really mean "click", you can feel the mechanical snap under your finger. It is then left up to the driver to determine what kind of click it was (left or right) based on where on the surface of the touchpad you clicked. I've seen some diagrams of this, and in principle if you click somewhere in the lower right corner, approximately where the button "should be", it should be interpreted as a right-click. Should be. Yeah, right.
I really don't like those things... and if anything, this one is worse than any I have tried to use in a long time. I can't get a normal right-click, no matter where I try clicking on it, and I can't get click-and-drag to work, no matter how I try. I can get right-click by two-finger-tapping, and I can get click-and-drag with one-finger tap-and-drag, but... ugh.
The other potential hardware problem is the wi-fi adapter. Broadcom adapters are very frequently a pain, and I don't even recognize the specific number in this one, so I assume it is some kind of new or updated chip. I have struggled with Broadcom wi-fi adapters going all the way back to my fist HP 2133 MiniNote. Sometimes they work ok, sometimes they are a bit flaky, and sometimes they are difficult or even initially impossible to get working with Linux. I hope that this one will be one of the "easy" kind.
There is also some bad news about the hardware. First, and by far the worst news, is the dreaded "clickpad"-style touchpad. Just to be clear about what this is, it is not just an ordinary "touchpad" as is used on most laptops today, this is a different beast. It has no separate buttons, you are supposed to be able to click by pressing anywhere on its surface - I don't mean "tap" here, I really mean "click", you can feel the mechanical snap under your finger. It is then left up to the driver to determine what kind of click it was (left or right) based on where on the surface of the touchpad you clicked. I've seen some diagrams of this, and in principle if you click somewhere in the lower right corner, approximately where the button "should be", it should be interpreted as a right-click. Should be. Yeah, right.
I really don't like those things... and if anything, this one is worse than any I have tried to use in a long time. I can't get a normal right-click, no matter where I try clicking on it, and I can't get click-and-drag to work, no matter how I try. I can get right-click by two-finger-tapping, and I can get click-and-drag with one-finger tap-and-drag, but... ugh.
The other potential hardware problem is the wi-fi adapter. Broadcom adapters are very frequently a pain, and I don't even recognize the specific number in this one, so I assume it is some kind of new or updated chip. I have struggled with Broadcom wi-fi adapters going all the way back to my fist HP 2133 MiniNote. Sometimes they work ok, sometimes they are a bit flaky, and sometimes they are difficult or even initially impossible to get working with Linux. I hope that this one will be one of the "easy" kind.