It supports Linux (I installed Xubuntu). Under Linux, the high resolution of the screen forces the old like me to make an adjustment to increase the font size (higher DPI) and the icons but nothing too bad to do and under Windows 8.1, the problem arises no.
Well now for those who have a "touchpad" that dysfunctional and can not use the guarantee. It seems that the problem resulting from a bad grounding the TouchPad and that it is enough to remake correctly (requires open microphone) so that everything works perfectly. There is a tutorial on the subject on the internet. I found with google query "acer touchpad freeze ground connection" (Amazon does not put a link in a comment). A priori Acer is aware of the problem since, according to what I read, the latest PC from the factory now have complementary connectrices bands to improve the grounding. On this subject the touchpad, we are not very far from the concept of latent defect.